The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence has been informed that defence installations have been attacked 16 times in the country since 2009. The meeting of the standing committee was chaired by Azra Fazal Pechuho on Wednesday. Defence Secretary Lieutenant General (r) Asif Yasin Malik informed the committee that defence installations have been attacked 16 times since 2009, adding that the last attacks were in Peshawar and the Kamra airbase. The defence secretary said that in the attack on the Kamra airbase an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) plane was destroyed, while ten attackers were also killed. Terrorists attacked Peshawar Air Base from all four sides, but fortunately all defence installations remained safe, Malik told the committee. The secretary said that after back to back attacks Army personnel have been deployed at all defensive facilities of the country. He also told that intelligence officials who supported the terrorists were also charged. He said further that all four sides were attacked in Peshawar but fortunately all installations remained safe. In his briefing, the defence secretary informed the committee that rapid response forces had been deployed at all defence installations while action had been taken against army personnel involved in these attacks.
