Is there no end to this? Is their aim to move people of Karachi away from the metropolis? It's clearly taking a toll on me.

Wasn't expecting to happen soon again!!!

May Allah save our people/forces

Bad time... Pak Army please kill them..

May Allah have Mercy on Us.

Ha ha ha ha....on what basis the area was handed over to CAA as cleared ?

@Sheraz Ahmed Khan

I agree with your dua...Aameen, but Allah swt helps those who helps themselves....are we doing that ?

This is very sad and distressing. It is going to be a trying time for the people in the sub-continent. The US is slowly retreating having lost their war. I can only hope and pray that the good sense prevails.

Not again...what has become of us?

How many times Army has declared the area secure but yet fighting started. They combed the entire airport but missed 10 people trapped in a cold storage.

They said every terrorist is dead but now this. Whats the hurry?

why dont they clear this mess of taliban, lashkare jhangvi and ASWJ ???? every one knows these are the guys responsible.

what was the hurry to open the airport? couldnt they have waited for a detailed investigation+ cleanup?

Ya Allah inko hidayat naseeb farma, agr hidayat naseeb nahi to in Mulk Dusmano ko nisht o nabood farma, is Pak sar zameen sy in munifiqo aur maffad parsto ko khtm farma .... Ameen!

yeh inn ko sirf karachi, KPK aur quetta hee kyun nazar aatay hain ?? ..

Ya Allah madad! May Allah keep our friends safe and eradicate terrorism from the state of Pakistan.

The end is the Beginning, Hope everyone stays safe and let Qaim Ali Shah come and speak, This is not our responsibility .

curfew in karachi? ??

Time for the gov to stop being reactionary and become proactive in rooting all of these people out from every square inch of Pakistani soil. People should be awarded money for reporting suspicious people and militant hideouts.

Plz plz forgot sake don't show. Too much on camera.. May be the terrorists take advantage from your video

What is this? It is big question mark? ISPR claims that they cleared AIRPORT, what about surrounding areas?

This is ridiculous....The area was cleared yesterday and today we see attacks there...This is total failure of governance and lapse of security....Please take some serious measures

This looks as one of the series of attacks of the larger thing that is in minds of the terrorists. One can say the first attack the security forces were not alert....but what now. The indian government has put all the vital installations on high alert. I was watching one of the news channel in india....where defense experts from Pakistan were also part of. One tends to suggest that are we looking forward to a threat to both india and Pakistan. If yes....probably this is the right time when indian and Pakistani army get together to fight them.

It seems that the enemy is within us........the fact that it is helped from outside is immaterial.

WHAT A SHAME FOR SINDH GOVERNMENT

We should learn from punjab their system is way better than sindh

This omer khurasani guy is a maniac......why doesnt the govt track & capture these savages through their twitter accounts & facebook accounts....is the govt sleeping?....or they are party to these barbarians!

:D strange that they have active twitter account, typed in urdu and english!

Poor TTP has no option but to do what they are doing to save their honour. And while Pakistan Govt should help them, our Army is trying to finish them in their own homes.

allah o akbar!! what a joke, they are evils..they are not muslims, they are the enemies of islam and ofpakistan..

Religion mixed with Politics and fanaticism is a dangerous cocktail. Pakistan has to eschew religion as a personal belief system and go secular if it has to ever hope of getting out of this cycle of violence that it faces and exports as well.

Let us wait when the internationals flights will be cancelled permanently for great Pakistan/Karachi.

@Spock Army is too busy shutting down Geo to be concerned about terrorists

Is this the beginning of the end? the TTP seem to have thrown their lot in to go out with a bang. The assault on the airport was carried out by Uzbeks, as opposed to Pakistanis. Have they run out of Pakistani supporters? A lot of the foreigners have also left North Waziristan. TTP seems to be under the Kosh at the moment, we must not let up.

Many Indian news channel are showing direct telecast of this attack from Pak Express/ARY News. Pakistan which is in news all over the world for the last few days is likely to face international isolation both for polio and terrorism activities in big cities.

Once again I would like to remind to the government concern people that they should apprehend all illegal people who live inside the city.

Why is the media showing the positions of the ASF personnel and helping terrorists?

why is the media showing live coverage to the event shouldnt the counter operations be conducted in secrecy without broadcasting the strategy or the number or positions of our men

Is this a joke? Security agencies? Interior Minister? Government? Prime Minister? Chief Minister? Anybody here?

Regards Helpless, VICTIM Pakistani citizen

Why is the twitter account of Omar Khorasani not blocked. TTP is classified as a terrorist organization even by the U.S. If necessary Pakistan Embassy should request U.S Government to block TTP Twitter & Facebook pages.

its a high time to declare war against TTP by government

if area is cleared by security agencies how terrorist reached karachi ASF academy???????

These guys have a twitter account?

Both the tehreek and the government have to realize that political problems cannot be solved with violence by the army or by militants! If they are citizens then why cant there be a dialogue?

Cordon off ALL of Karachi, start a house by house search,even if it takes years. Identify each and everyone living there. This may sound drastic, but the situation is becoming more drastic than we like to realize.

@Spock what are you talking about? how can you say they were there since yesterday. this could very well be a different group of terrorists. are you so sure they are from the same group. and about people trapped well you can't find all the dead bodies at once.

Why do you think that the Army is unable to kill terrorists in Pakistan. I sometimes wonder if common people in Pakistan support these groups. Its not possible to conduct so many attacks without support of people.

Remember, this whole thing can become an ethnic conflict. Destroy your own homelands and provinces, but leave the people of Karachi and Islamabad alone.

It's a shame, to see my parents country getting destroyed extremists elements that claim to be waging a Jihad, but are nothing but ignorant men that act more like Shaytaan. All levels of Pakistans security forces including, Police, Army and Intelligence agencies must unite and sweep the entire country for terrorists. My dear Pakistani's If you cannot unite for the sake of your own lives, then do it for the sake of your children. This problem can only be eradicated when every Pakistani, old and young stands united against this evil.

This is the result of home grown terror..hope dawn allows my comment..the home grown taliban is victimizing pakistan's own people..if any country wants to grow and become prosperous then religion should always come at no.2 and development at no.1, but in pakistan religion comes first, and that too is in worst hands, so we see the grave results.

May god help and save d people and army

All Indian news channel are showing live telecast of this attack from Express TV NEWS.

The fact is that our colonies and dwellings are infested with the supporters of these terrorist group. There are plenty of madaris and unfortunately mosques too where they find shelter and support .There is a particular mindset which always find an excuse for all the actions of these terrorist. We have to get rid of those mindsets first. Army cant go to every street. The politicians and civil agencies first need to decide ,get heart and take brave decision. Stop blaming outside elements ,get our house in order first.

@misbah - On a time like this what nonsense is this Sindh v Punjab?

@siddharth is this possible???

If this is not war, what is?

If it were up to Americans, they would have dealt with the internal security situation in minutes. They could have at least tracked down the guy operating twitter account in seconds. Alas, Pakistan's incompetent security apparatus.

It's time to start full flash army operation in Karachi, it's going out of hands now.

InshaaAllah lets pray everything calms down in Karachi and the rest of Pakistan. Ameen

Let Sindh government hire Imran Khan for negotiations with TTP.

The government and army now need to take concrete steps and eradicate these terrorists once and for all. How long will Pakistanis live in a state of fear and anxiety?

When this govt. will wake up..

Nawaz Shareef please open your eyes. Its time to eradicate these militants. Why you ate waiting?

@Hussain Bux Mallah Very much. Cold war enemies Russia and the US got together many times. See the larger picture. This is a threat for India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan.....we know the territory that nurtures them. Once they are out from camps...its difficult to catch them. Find their training camps...hit them there.

DG Rangers.... what will you say about targeted operation in Karachi now. It has been failed miserably. Terrorists are attacking anywhere at any time time without any fear.

So, sad.! Where is Imran Khan, Tahir Ulqadri, Ch Shujat, Sheikh Rashid, Maulana Samiul Haq and others.............? Why they are not openly condemn TALIBAN............? Its mean that they are supporters of TALIBAN...!

Now, its time and total responsibility on Pakistan Army to take strict actions against these terrorists as they have taken the OATH to save our people and country both from interior and foreign enemies.

They also don't have to listen to our political leaders as they don't have interest to save the precious lives of our peoples as there habit is just giving statements and have no interest to save our people and country.

Public awareness is the only way to start some system. Police should start an operation on all the rented apartments and houses in the city. Who rents it and lives there has to be some check and balance. If i am hiring a gatekeeper or a cleaner in my home i should provide his NIC to the police station and his record should be cross checked. Such operations and processes if followed properly pays off at some time.

These incidents are shouting out a huge demand of adapting such systems that we have been ignoring since a long time.

@ishrat salim - Ishrat I understand you are expressing surprise but your lines appear sarcastic.I am just trying to be suggestive You should not be critical at these times and support your country.I am not from pakistan but from India but still feel sorry . Military has to make calculated move but militants dont have to make calculated move.

What a miserable times we are living in. Army to flatten the land of Wazirastan.

@Ali : It is all in your hands. Ending terrorism in entire sub continent is in the hands of Pakistanis. Why are they blaming Allah? I don't understand.

This operation speaks volumes for incompetency of those in command of operation at Karachi airport. It is brave Army ,ASF men and poor civilians are killed and there is no one to ask thesm to answer for their deaths.

From the comments here in Dawn, i see many Pakistanis hating these terrorists and would absolutely support any govt move to kill these terrorists. What then stops the govt or army to take steps which the people would love. Never been to Pakistan but i feel people there must be similar to us. cant understand still whats stopping the govt to declare war on terrorists.

40 years hard work to grow "stratigic assets" for protection of 'national assets'. But we see that stratigic assets are now destroying national assets.

good job pak army , NOT. fresh firing reported.

Sick of all this. We need to pull up our socks now and put and end to this madness, once and for all.

All Indian news channel are showing live telecast of this attack from Express TV NEWS. JUST TO MAKE SURE CRICKET NEVER RETURNS TO PAKISTAN AGAIN.

Irresponsible journalism. Dawn should not be posting pictures/videos of armed services professionals. It is damaging their strategy by exposing them. Please refrain from providing valuable strategic information through your live feed.

@Sahil ...brother then how can we get SAUDI OIL MONEY???????????????

These terrorists are even on twtter and dailymotion, using the internet and social media like mad. Can't our military hack and locate where these individuals are sending their messages from? This is sick, locate and kill them already. @ Omar Khorasani - twitter :l

What are you waiting for Mr PM.why don't you declare full operation against the Beasts in human skin.

@Ahmed : Why do you think Army is interested in taking on these groups wholeheartedly? What makes you so confident?

I think we must engage in peace talks.

Looking at the incapability of Pakistani security and defence establishment in preventing Airports and air bases from being targets of Terrorists, the Worst fears of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal falling in their hands may come true very soon.

pakistan is a dangerous country in this world

I thought we were nuclear nation?

@Girish No terrorist can operate without support from someone. These terrorists have high tech ammunition and training. There are no ammunition factories in the barren lands of Wazeristan. So who is supplying all this ammu and training?????

@baby doll : Why can't you stop the terrorism and make the cricket to return back to pakistan instead of blaming it on Indian News Channels. This attack is the headlines in all countries in the world including Pakistan. Does it mean all the countries including Pakistan don't want cricket's return in Pakistan? Be logical and use your brain. Get rid of mad part of secularism and get rid of terrorism.

Even Somalia is better than Pakistan in security.

TTP will make surprise attacks again and again as the Pakistan Air Force and Army had made.

While every passenger at our airports is treated like a suspect why is the ASF unable to preempt these attacks.

The attackers fled...seriously???

Pak Army Please Take Over ....

@Mansoor Ali You don't need someone to give you weapons for free when you can buy it with heroin money and all the grants religious muslims give to madarsas.

There are many arms dealers in central asia who will provide you with all the weapons you need for the right price.

@pakiboy that seemingly anti-Pakistan sort of comment. Lahore has also become endless terrorism in recent past. it's high time that we become patriotic!

seems the taliban frankenstein is turning against it's masters

This is only a trailer of things to come. It's high time good sense prevails, a leader who could take a decisive action emerges to tackle such a grave situation and save the lives of innocent citizens. The rulers have utterly failed in their first and foremost responsibility i.e. to provide security to their citizens! Shame, shame shame...

Pak Army should take charge of the Airport, atleast for the interim. Nobody, specially the VVIPs, should be allowed to come to the airport.

This second attack happened because the authorities , were working on the law of averages which failed this time around.

Failed state with a failed apparatus of security!!

No one that includes armed forces, government, all political and religous parties care about this city karachi. Even its population does not own it. Karachi has always been a milking cow for everyone. One of the critical mistakes ayub khan made was to shift capital to islamabad which is totally cutoff from reality. Make karachi or some other city like quetta or peshawer or for that matter lahore the capital atleaat those in power will know what the reality of the situation is.

2nd attack within 72 hours is more than just an alarm. It is an emergency. security in the city must be on high alert now, Karachi should be taken over by the army and a thorough operation must be carried out. This is a failure not only for the security at such areas, but also for the city government.

@ishrat salim: Army cleared the area and handed over to the civilian authorities (CAA in this case) to police and beef up security. Its not Army's job to police the airport. Its CAA's job which they clearly forgot as they have other rather "pressing" assignments to handle.

The Director General of CAA alongwith his team should be fired to do the least.

PPP should leave the government -they cannot run the province and totally failed

Let the army rule once again and fix these kinds of terrorists. Peace talks etc. are just phony exercises. Although well intentioned the peace initiatives have simply emboldened the terrorists to go for Karachi like attacks. Create conditions that the people of Pakistan can live in peace.

They made fool of the government. Kept them busy in talks and in parallel prepared for such attacks. Complete failure of the government. Giving another six months to terrorists would mean you don't need Pakistan

need to SWEEEP all the goths surrounding the airport..

Many facebook pages have been banned by government including the facebook page of music band Laal. How this page of Omer Kharasani is accessible in Pakistan. Shameful. Mr. Interior Minister on which side you are - Pakistanis or terrorists?

When will the Prime Minister and Interior Minister come out of their tortoise shell, They do not even bother to come in the assembly, let alone the attack site.

@pakiboy kyonkay Punjab nay in say sauda kiya hai

@Hussain Bux Mallah Yes , sure , because PTI already succeeded in negotiations in KPK

Enemy is trying to involve Pakisan in a war like in SYRIA. Our agencies must seal all the borders and stop terrorists and weapon movement to Pakistan and arrest all terrorists and recover weapons on flash urgent basis.

Some terrorists managed to escape. Very poor logistics and planning of Pakistan army.

its funny to know that they have twitter account. i am afraid about the foreign hands involved. y they cant be traced since they r using internet??

@ishrat salim I don't know wether I consider your hahahaha as sarcastic or you or more dumb as I thought, not long ago 11 sky marshals from ASF gave away their lives, no wonder why we are struggling, as long as goons like you remains in our society.

When the leaders of the country, have buildings in Dubai, bank accounts in Switzerland, property in England, when do they not pay tax, what sincerity would they have with the country? Obviously they dont. One day, the armed forces are going to take over the country for good. And the people await that day which I hope is soon

I shocked to learn that ASF academy is located at Pehlwan Goth. This area is densely populated with criminals and the hub of criminal activities in Gulistan Jauhar Area.

failure of Rangers to nabbed. them during one year Karachi operation

@SG Baloch we have no capacity!!!

Just ridiculous to see them fleeing and CAA authority resuming the flights. What are they waiting for bringing down the planes or what -

Its time for the Government to clear out the illegal properties.

who knows who's account is this ' @omarkhorasani1'. social media should not be believed.

All this is not just taking toll on people in Pakistan but beyond - a direct result of poor/no policies of the Govt - they are accuostomed of having '100 onions as well 100 lashes'. Look through the most recent history and i am sure you will find many examples which i dont need to repeat.

@Rahmat terrorists are our assets

@shibly and all Pakistan military critics, please note that the safety and security of the airports, roads and ASF premises is the responsibility of local police and Airport security force and 34 odd civilian security agencies. not the military...

if these poor civilian personnel can be spared the VIP duties then we wont be looking at the military to come and rescue us. the East Pakistan situation is being created where the entire civilian setup was broken, and army was being asked to do the police work, rescue work, fight the terrorism and defend the borders too. just ask your elected representatives why they need hundreds of police commandos when our airports are left unguarded?

Why no head rolls? Pakistani politicians and establishment stick to thier jobs. They are earning from the country and not serving it. Powerless peoples like me can only say God Bless Pakistan. This is the extent what an ordinary Pakistanis can do. Pakistan Zindabad.

@pakiboy Because Punjab Govt has signed an undeclared agreement with them not to attack in Punjab. In return they provide space for their training camp.

@baby doll They do that for TRP ratings. You are worried about cricket in this difficult moment!!!!?

Why is there a peace talk with these terrorists? Deal with TTP the way Sri Lanka dealt with LTTE.

Pl do not make them heroes by posting twitter. They are enemies of Islam and humanity.

@Last Word so what should they do?

It is Due to the unethical Policy of Pakistani Government that Led to the Killings of Innocent People in Pakistan. ..Hope the Government and ISI stop Peace talk with Taliban who are Killing innocent peoples.

My deep Condolence and respect for the Pakistani brothers from India who are Fighting against terrorism..Hope they Stay safe and secure....Insha Allah

the Sindh govt.should implement verdict of supreme court regarding illegal engorgement of govt. land.

@Rahmat its the Saudi and qatari aid.remember 1.5bn dollars??

@ishrat salim You certainly seem to be doing a lot by laughing out loud about it.

Making plans to move to Lahore. Karachi Clifton dweller here. I would stay here if i wanted to, but i can't forgive myself it anything were to happen to my family.

why the mullahs are not protesting?

When will the fools in power understand that they have to tell the people that survival of Pakistan is at stake and they are launching a full scale war against these murderers. The people should be mentally prepared to sacrifice like in any other war. Simple rule followed by British, every crime was punished by destruction of the area, and stoppage of all supplies.

good that attackers have fled. but they should be nabbed and arrested.

Surprisingly no statement from pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif

@ Ali - 25 years too late to seal borders.

Allah have the mercy over Pakistan, but the past & present governments must be criticized for insufficient funding and for not tracing up that investments are made on high-tech solutions. Beyond that PAKMIL can now say that, this is the outcome of the peace process with TTP, even though they are also muslims, thousands cannot terrorize and destroy the land of 185 m. paks.

This was very much expected from such incompetent authorities.

@Just me You voted them in, their supporters have blood on their hands. Karachi wake up

When will our establishment realize that their strategic assets in the name of TTP is a stronger threat to Pakistan than their potential contribution to the say of Pakistan in Afghanistan affair. Root them out and peace will prevail within and across the western border.

@pakiboy Kyun ke PTI, JI aur PMLN jaisee party support kar theen hain Taliban ko, aur unhoney hee vote diya hai inn jaamaton ko. Wake up Karachi waloon

they came to play a friendly match with asf team. Its a good practice for better vigilance. keep doing this with others also, like Rangers, police, etc.

TTP and associates are doing a great job at various levels. Officially, or, unofficially, assigned the job, by some foreign elements having great influence over, our so called Govt.

It would not end because some people love our enemy they still want negotiations with them.

So you let them escape 'BRAVO'

Yes may be you need them for peace talks

Who knows these are target practices only? God forbid, but what f a massive attack is coming. Hopefully Pakistan Army will finish this once and for all.

Well done Pakistan Security Forces for making Pakistan and the world safe for peace loving people. My Salaams to all Shaeeds. Allah Kareem accept and place their souls in HEAVEN.

some most influenced persons are supporting TTP in Pakistan, i am surprised how those terrorist entered in high security zone with huge weapons. and these person shouting the name of India, his motive to close the newly started communication between indo pakistan. kyonki unki dukan india aur pakistan ke nafrat se hi chalti hai.

Come on how can they vanish???? Thats not done

and we still want to negotaite with the terrorists??

What a shame and disgrace for Pakistan !!!!

we have now only one option to kill taliban. jag outho pakistanio. We are with our army and we are ready to even sacrifice our lives for this cause Inshallah.

Continuous security failures. Seven innocent people died as a direct result of our security forces' callous disregard to the lives of common people. While I salute the bravery of soldiers (all security forces), I also demand that senior security officers must be fired for ineptness and criminal negligence.

just few weeks back, Pakistan Cricket Board was inviting Sri Lanka cricket team to visit Pakistan and resume international home matches. Sorry, can't even think about it for the next 5 years!!

Let Nawaz Sharif hand over the government to TTP. This drama of democracy must end.

In Britain, all criminals using twitter accounts to abuse others were caught and sentenced.

Why Pakistan can't find these people?

Ah they can run faster than ASF and now I can not say "you can run but can't hide" since they successfully ran away

Forget talks. Hit the TTP hard and smash them. The politicians can't be allowed to posture any longer

allah swt help those who help themselves. or in other words, there is no help coming from above. help ourlelves.

I can not believe this where is the bulletproof vest for the security staff how they are going to protect if they are ill equipped

Why have they not caught the attackers? They should not stop until they are found alive or dead, but the former is better.

Good they have fled. How about catching them?

The unabated land grabbing by migrants from Punjab and KPK is a security threat and major cause of crime, operation needs to be launched to retrieve the state land expel these criminals

How can they claim responsibility. According to PMLN, PTI, JI, JUIF, ANP, PPP........... they are the main stakeholders

There is very little security between Pahlwaan Goth and the airport. A barbed wire fence is not enough. The best option would have been removal of houses from the vicinity but since that is not possible , a wall should be built between the road and the fence. Wall should be electronically secured, with and the fence should be electrified . If Sindh government can spend 100 million in erecting a wall at the Bilawal House , it can certainly spend a few millions to do this. Will it be done ?. Don't think so.

Should not every thing have been sealed off and locked down. How did second attack take place and then flee without being caught? Our protectors have no planning at all other than for themselves. what does this say about our defenders?

For how long will Shahbaz Sharif continue to protect and fund (Saudi money) the outlawed terrors like Lashkar e Jhangvi etc. they are carrying out these attacks for money. Shahbaz sharif and Rana Sanaullah should be jailed for protecting and giving safe heavento these criminals

How is this Terrorist allowed to have a Twitter account! Deny these terrorists any visibility over the media! I've reported against him and so should other people!

It is abundantly evident that PML-N in the center and PPP in Sind are incompetent and impotent and that they cannot carryout a meaningful operation against Taliban, it is high time that all civilized and liberal people must support a full scale military operation against terrorist and extremist elements throughout the country rather then selective action in certain areas.

@Anon, I feel and Smell War for Expensive and Prized Real Estate around Jinnah Terminal. May be we will hear Voices soon to relocate Jinnah Terminal same way we heard after Attack on Air force base.....

"Bid to disable Aviation System Thwarted" Sounds like the biggest victory since Bin Qasim defeated Raja Dahir. Thank you, Mian Sahib.

@Mansoor Ali : It is very easy to make ammo, no need for factories.