KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday said that incompetence shown by the airport security paved the way for the militant attack which killed 30 people on Sunday night.
Speaking to media representatives in Mirpurkhas, he said the attack was conducted by “well-trained terrorists,” who managed to infiltrate into the airport premises due to security negligence.
The chief minister dispelled the notion of a rift between the federal and provincial government on the Karachi airport attack, saying both the governments were on the same page to take action against culprits behind the attack.
Earlier, addressing a conference organised by Provincial Disaster Management Authority in Karachi, Shah said that harsh statements issued at the time of the attack were only replies to questions raised by the federal government.
“I was disappointed when (Federal Interior Minister) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan visited Karachi after the attack and did not bother to meet the provincial stakeholders on the issue,” he said.
The chief minister said that a high-powered investigation committee was formed soon after the attack to ascertain those lapses which provided the terrorist a chance to carry out an attack on a highly sensitive location.
He termed the attack as the worst of its kind he had witnessed in his entire life, saying that prompt response of the security forces saved many lives along with government installations.
Speaking on the issue of disaster management planning, the chief minister urged the concerned departments to complete their preparations for the monsoon season in order to avoid the repetition of the 2010 and 2011 floods.
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