ISLAMABAD: Students of religious school attached with Lal Masjid have taken positions at the mosque and Jamia Hafsa as alert has been declared in Islamabad hospitals on Sunday amid tense standoff between the students and the administration.

According to details about 10,000 men of Punjab Police have been deployed in Islamabad. Moreover the traffic police have given alternate traffic plan for any emergency situation.

The students of religious school attached with Lal Masjid have taken positions in the mosque and Jamia Hafsa, reports said. The students reportedly holding sticks with them, however the sources have pointed out presence of arms in the mosque.

The mosque loudspeakers are playing Jihadi songs.

The police have been declared alert with standing directives to close the road leading to Abpara after operation orders.

Security men have been posted at roofs of key Islamabad buildings, while monitoring of entry points of the capital has been tightened.