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The Airports Security Force (ASF) (Urdu: ہوائی اڈے ضامن فورس) [2] is a federal airport security force agency under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation which is responsible for protecting the airports, facilities and the planes (on-ground or in-air) in Pakistan.
Roads leading to the airport were sealed off following the attack, but the airport continued to function normally. Following days: Pakistani counterterrorism officials initiated an investigation into how the attacker accessed Karachi. Prime Minister Sharif met with the Chinese Ambassador, promising to personally oversee the investigation into ...
On 10 June, just two days after the airport attack, two to four unidentified militants opened fire near an Airports Security Force academy in Pehlwan Goth, Karachi, following which they retreated from Pehlwan Goth. Pehlwan Goth is a rundown area that is considered a hub of criminal elements, with police and rangers having previously conducted ...
A total of 109 passengers disembarked at Karachi. The first busload of fresh passengers from Karachi had barely reached the aircraft standing on the tarmac when the hijacking began to unfold. [5] The four hijackers were dressed as Karachi airport security guards and were armed with assault rifles, pistols, grenades, and plastic explosive belts.
During World War II, Karachi Airport was a major transhipment base for United States Army Air Forces units and equipment being used by Tenth Air Force in eastern India, Burma and the Fourteenth Air Force in China. [citation needed] Several operational bomber and fighter units flew into Karachi for short organisational periods prior to their ...
1.4 Airport Security Force. 1.5 Pakistan Meteorological Department. 1.6 Pakistan International Airlines. 2 See also. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents.
Karachi ACC is also part of the Bobcat Air Traffic Flow Management program, which helps to optimize traffic flow through Kabul FIR. Due to lower navigation and surveillance capabilities, and limited ATS provision capabilities, Kabul FIR often becomes very congested airspace with limited number of operating routes and flight levels.
According to a report by Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, 23,372 Pakistani civilians and 8,832 Pakistani security personnel were killed in the War on Terrorism. [10] Moreover, according to the Government of Pakistan, the direct and indirect economic costs of terrorism from 2000–2010 total $68 billion. [11]