Where is pns mehran karachi

Suspected militants have stormed an airbase in Karachi, rocking one of the nation's heavily guarded military installations with fiery explosions and leaving at least 10 people dead. Heavily-armed Taliban gunmen stormed a major naval airbase in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, destroying two US-made surveillance aircraft and killing at least five security personnel.

The Taliban have vowed to launch more "high-profile" attacks against government and military installations in Pakistan. Every time something happens, the Strategic Plans Division, which has custodial responsibility for Pakistan's nuclear weapons, comes out with bland assurances.

The attack on Pakistan Naval Station has re-ignited the simmering debate about vulnerability of Pak's nuclear weapons. Mehran is 15 miles away from Masroor Air Base, where it is believed have large depot for N- weapons. Have you read these stories? Bahrain approves Covaxin for emergency use Updated: Nov 12, , Twitter wants Bharat Ratna for Wade Climate draft backs away from end to fuel subsidies. ET NOW. Brand Solutions. Video series featuring innovators. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said earlier that the militants had attacked from the rear of the base.

Media reports said the attackers had made their way in through a sewer pipe but that was not confirmed. Pakistan has faced a wave of assaults over the last few years, many of them claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. Others have been blamed on al Qaeda-linked militant groups once nurtured by the Pakistani military and which have since slipped out of control. The discovery that bin Laden was living in Abbottabad, has revived suspicions that militants may be receiving help from some people within the security establishment.

Washington sees Pakistan as a key, if difficult, ally essential to its attempts to root out militant forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. On April 28, suspected militants detonated a roadside bomb in Karachi, killing four members of the navy, the third attack on the navy in a week.

Facebook Count. Twitter Share. Read more. Pakistan has faced a wave of assaults over the last few years, many of them claimed by the Pakistani Taliban and other al Qaeda-linked militant groups. By the end of the day-long siege, nine gunmen, 11 soldiers and three hostages were dead.

World News Updated. By Faisal Aziz 3 Min Read.