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Sindh government had been warned of threats to old airport gates: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday that the Sindh government had been warned of threats to the Karachi old airport gate which was used by terrorists during an attack on Sunday night.
Speaking to media outside Parliament, Nisar said the federal government had written to the Sindh government in March about specific old airports gates not being secure. The report mentioned that terrorists were aware of these unsecure gates at the Karachi airport. Nisar added that despite the warning no measures were implemented by the provincial government.
The interior minister further said six security alerts had been sent to the Sindh government. He asked what action had been taken in light of these alerts by those individuals who were apologising daily for the Karachi airport attack. Nisar questioned why no security checks had been setup in the sensitive area used by the terrorists to enter the airport.
Chaudhry Nisar said upon his arrival in Karachi the chief minister and IG Sindh were informed of a meeting; however he failed to understand the logic of the meeting being at any other location when the attack had taken place at the airport.
“Is this airport in India that it is not the responsibility of the Sindh government,” Nisar said while questioning if the terrorists had entered the airport via parachutes or helicopters.
Nisar said he was informed that the airport had been cleared and he had asked for the wall of the cold storage to be broken. According to Nisar rescue and relief was the responsibility of the chief minister but he was the one who called for machinery to aid in rescue efforts.
The interior minister said only the truth should be told to the people as he called for a judicial inquiry of the incident by a Sindh High Court judge.
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk