Karachi: Foreigners and Diplomatic Security Forum has been established to review the existing security arrangements and adopt mechanism on modern lines to further improve the security to Foreign Diplomats and missions based in Karachi. This was decided at a high-level meeting of Security Officers from different missions held at Special Security Unit Headquarters which reviewed the security measures being adopted by the police on the instructions of Government of Sindh The Commandant Special Security Unit Mr. Maqsood Ahmed said that all possible professional steps are being adopted to ensure security to the Foreign Missions and Diplomats and added that all law enforcement agencies are collectively working on same page to improve law and order situation and crackdown the activities of terrorists. The need for better coordination and communication was stressed in the meeting between foreign missions and the Government agencies. The participants also appreciated the efforts of the Government of Sindh in the crackdown the activities of the criminals. Maqsood Ahmed, Commandant Special Security Unit informed about the management, administration with particular reference to professional training in Counter Terrorism provided to commandos of Special Security Unit. Haseeb Afzal Baig SSP Foreign Security Cell and Adeel Chandio from Foreign Office were also present in the meeting. The participants accompanied by Commandant SSU Maqsood Ahmed visited various sections of the Special Security Unit and appreciated the professional standard maintained in the law enforcement outfit. The Commandant further informed that the country’s first Special Weapon and Tactics (S.W.A.T) team comprises of highly trained and well equipped commandos including lady commandos has already been setup and remains alert round the clock as a quick response force to challenge any emergency situation. The Pakistan Army is also providing professional training to SSU commandos, he added. Later, the participants witnessed the mock exercise conducted by the commandos of Special Weapon and Tactics (S.W.A.T) team where hostile situation is created by the terrorists. The participants included: Carsten Muller Consul & Deputy Head of Mission, Dennis Leszinski Security Officer and Markus Hubner Security Officer, Andre Gebauer, Dirk Schimm, Michael Baerlein, Matthias Kleie, Florian Gwinner, Silvio Schoendube, Markus Schaefer and Sebastian Richter from GERMANY; Toshiaki Tsuchiya Vice Consul & Security Officer and Yukio Matsumoto Vice Consul & Security Officer from JAPAN; Muhammad Hassan Quraishi Manager Security and Administration from SWITZERLAND; Mehmet Tansel Demir Field Security Coordination Officer Sindh and Jaechang Choi Field Security Coordination Officer Sindh from UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND SECURITY; Steve Crossman Deputy Head of Mission and Major (r ) Pervez A. Minhas Deputy Post Security Manager from UNITED KINGDOM; John Hislop Regional Security Officer and Carter Bass Deputy Regional Security Officer from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Guo Chunshui Commercial Counsellor, Zhang Hao Counsellor Attache from CHINA; Bakheet Ateeq Alremeithi Acting Consul General Dubai Consulate from UAE; H.E. Mubrak Saeed Al Marri, Aziz ur Rehman from QATAR and Essa Arabi, Abdul Hameed Security Officer from SAUDI ARABIA.