Islamabad, Sep. 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) has directed the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to tighten security measures at air bases and sensitive facilities across the country to protect the country's air assets.
The PCNS, assuring the PAF that all additional funds required to enhance security measures would be made available, directed the deputy chief of air staff to urgently compile financial estimates for new security measures and guaranteed that "the committee was ready to send its recommendation for allocation of more funds for the safety of national installations", reports The Express Tribune.
Emphasising the need to tighten security at the Pakistan Air Force Base Kamra, which houses the country's largest aeronautical complex, and has been subjected to three terror attacks in the past three years, PCNS chairman Senator Raza Rabbani said, "Once the PAF comes forward with new financial estimates, the PCNS will recommend the issuance of more funds for the safety of the Kamra base."
During the in-camera briefing to the PCNS on the Kamra terrorist attack, base commander, Air Commodore Muhammad Azam revealed that the three terrorists involved in the attack hailed from Punjab, while one of the three was confirmed to be a resident of Sialkot. (ANI)
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