Bid to attack Pasni radar system

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QUETTA: Suspected militants attacked the air traffic control radar in Pasni area of the Gwadar district late on Monday night.

Official sources said a group of militants reached the site of the air traffic control and attacked the radar system with rockets. However, personnel of the Airport Security Force guarding the radar station immediately took position and returned fire. Heavy exchange of fire continued for some time.

“The radar is safe,” Qazi Maqbool, general manger of the Civil Aviation Authority, South, told Dawn, adding that the radar had been temporarily switched off after the attack.

“No casualty was reported,” the sources said.

The air traffic was affected because of the radar’s closure.

Published in Dawn, April 21st, 2015

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Hope

Apr 21, 2015 07:01am

Its Chinese leader in Pakistan bothering enemies, They will fail.

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Kamal

Apr 21, 2015 07:44am

Immediate and summary execution of any militants which are caught. No trial, even ATC. Supreme court will step in and save!!!

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Pakisstan

Apr 21, 2015 08:55am

Some time I really begin to wonder, how good our military intlligence is.... Incident like these wreck havoc to the confidence of foreign investment.

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Pakistani American

Apr 21, 2015 08:58am

Operation Baluchistan clean up is badly needed.

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aslam shaikh

Apr 21, 2015 09:04am

I hope these terrorists are caught and severely punished. please for once expose their networks, their trainers and their financers in front of international media.

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Third Party

Apr 21, 2015 09:12am

Waaow from the day 1 !!!Nice !! Good news for Chinese to invest !!

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Culture Vulture

Apr 21, 2015 09:30am

A bid foiled. A message at the arrival of Chinese President that all is not well at the end of Economic Corridor. Pakistani intelligence agencies will wipe separatist elements off within a year or so. Just wait and see.

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Bystander

Apr 21, 2015 09:35am

what happened with militants ? were they captured ?

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Ali

Apr 21, 2015 10:21am

Clear signs that some people dont want Gawadar port to be established and are thus making use of cheap tricks.

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Haider Rehman

Apr 21, 2015 12:33pm

@Ali People want Gwader port to be established, the Nawabs dont as it means prosperity and education for Baluchistan. By your logic, if Taliban attack MNAs, people are rejecting democracy. Terrorists are NOT the representatives of our people.

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Imran

Apr 21, 2015 05:38pm

Apart from several others attacks by these militants, the latest ones are the recent killings of 20 workers and now this attack on air traffic control radar in Pasni. This is a clear allusion towards creating mayhem at a time when the Chinese President is in the country to sabotage the proposed CPEC. Pakistan would definitely foil these bids by establishing robust security system.

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Muneer A Khattak

Apr 21, 2015 05:50pm

No body in Baluchistan want this Sardari system. Media created awareness among them every one want prosperity. They cant resist all because they are not well educated and organized. I met many of them they are pure Pakistani and love Pakistan more than us. What we need to do is to educate them invest on masses not on metro stations. If we think of tomorrow we should invest on generation rather than on some electric installations for dirty politics. Some time i feel ashamed, People live below poverty line no health care, no education, so law and order and we are making metro stations and fly overs in Islamabad.

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