Islamabad: Anticipating a big rush of Indians and Pakistanis travelling to each other's countries, Pakistan has decided to install latest computer systems at Wagah to carefully monitor the passengers from both sides.

Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat has directed the immigration authorities to install the Personal Identification Secure and Comparison Evaluation System (PISCES) at the Wagah railway station by January 15, when the two countries formally resume their train services after a gap of over two years.

Hayat gave the order when he visited the Wagah check-post and the railway station yesterday.

The Minister directed the officials of the immigration post there to launch the system immediately to have a computerised record of the passengers travelling between Pakistan and India, media reports said today (Jan 10, 2004).

He also asked the officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to install the PISCES at the Lahore railway station as well.

The Minister ordered the immigration authorities at the Wagah railway station to clear passengers on all security checking points in at least two hours' time instead of four hours.

Later, FIA Director General Mohib Asad said an infrastructure had already been laid at the Wagah railway station to make the PISCES functional.

However, he said the FIA required over three months to launch the project at the Lahore railway station.