Dawn.com Forum | Pakistan, Cricket, Politics, Terrorism, Satire, Food, Culture and Entertainment » Terrorism https://forum.dawn.com Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:35:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 Assault on PNS Mehran in Karachi https://forum.dawn.com/2011/05/23/assault-on-pns-mehran-in-karachi/ https://forum.dawn.com/2011/05/23/assault-on-pns-mehran-in-karachi/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 08:52:08 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=1184 Taliban militants assaulted the headquarters of Pakistan’s naval air force in Karachi, killing 13 people, injuring 16 others and blowing up at least two military aircraft.

The assault that started at 10:30 pm on Sunday at PNS Mehran base near Shahrah-e-Faisal ended 14 hours later, after more than 20 Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed the heavily guarded building with guns and grenades.

Monday morning saw trucks carrying military and paramilitary rangers into the base as security forces battled to end the siege during which two P-3C Orion, maritime patrol aircraft, had been destroyed.

As the gunbattle continued, there has been a lack of information on the residents living at the airbase. One Twitterer, @RJ_kulsoom has been tweeting live on what has been happening at PNS Mehran.

Dawn.com would like you to share your eyewitness account of the events and update us on the security of the residents in the area, in the comments section below.


]]> https://forum.dawn.com/2011/05/23/assault-on-pns-mehran-in-karachi/feed/ 28 Should security offices leave residential areas? https://forum.dawn.com/2010/03/08/should-security-offices-be-moved-out-of-residential-areas/ https://forum.dawn.com/2010/03/08/should-security-offices-be-moved-out-of-residential-areas/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:27:04 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=789 Residents of Model Town, Lahore, were awoken with a bang on Monday morning as a car bomb explosion killed 11 people and injured 61 others near the FIA and Special Investigation Unit (SIU) buildings. The blast, according to law-enforcing agencies, was targeting the SIU building where terror suspects are interrogated, and has left an eight-foot-deep crater at the site.

Senior Minister Raja Riaz has already called for the removal of all offices, residential buildings, and interrogation centres used by the security agencies from residential areas in major cities.

Do you live near the site of the Model Town blast? Was your home, or the home of anyone you know, affected by the blast’s proximity? If you live in Model Town, what did you see or hear this morning? Do you think the facilities of security agencies should be moved out of residential areas?

The following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.


]]> https://forum.dawn.com/2010/03/08/should-security-offices-be-moved-out-of-residential-areas/feed/ 89 Share your account of the Karachi blast https://forum.dawn.com/2010/02/05/share-your-account-of-the-karachi-blast/ https://forum.dawn.com/2010/02/05/share-your-account-of-the-karachi-blast/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:14:08 +0000 http://forum.dawn.com/?p=750 On Friday two blasts took place in Karachi killing at least 22 people. The first blast occurred when an explosives-laden motorcycle rammed into a bus on Karachi’s Shahrah-i-Faisal, while the second explosion took place inside the Jinnah Hospital.

Were you near the site of the blast when it occurred? Did you hear the blast? Have you passed by the FTC since the blast occurred? Dawn.com invites its readers to share their account of the blast.

The following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.

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