Will Karachi see an increase in urban terrorism? Two years after a Baloch suicide bomber killed three Chinese academics at Karachi University, there was another heinous suicide bombing attack on a van transporting five Japanese people in the city’s Landhi district yesterday. The assault was avoided by the Japanese autoworkers, but one security guard perished from his wounds.
They were traveling to the zone designated for export processing. The authorities claim that the accomplice of the suicide bomber was shot and killed in the incident. Authorities further claim that the accomplice had grenades and fired fifteen shots. The dead associate’s alleged ties to a Baloch separatist group highlight the necessity for foreign workers on construction and other projects in the country to have an additional layer of protection, even though the chief minister of Sindh has requested a report from the IGP.
The violent episode cannot be ignored since it casts doubt on the effectiveness and attentiveness of the intelligence apparatus and the Counter-Terrorism Department. For more than 20 years, Karachi was the epicenter of political, religious, and ethnic violence as well as terror campaigns. It is currently plagued by violent street crime, which claims far too many lives every day. Consequently, in order to prevent the commercial nerve center from turning into a wildfire once more, law enforcement needs to assess its level of competency, particularly in light of the existence of sleeper cells throughout the city.
Efforts to cause instability in the city need to be precisely blocked. The state needs to update CT rules, and security forces have a duty to step up intelligence-gathering operations even though the motivations behind this attack remain unknown. Since urban areas are hubs of power and progress, hostile actors target them by taking advantage of weak security systems. In addition, the existence Pakistani paramilitary forces in Karachi ought to have eliminated militant organizations. A secure environment for international investors and foreigners is essential to Pakistan’s prosperity, particularly at a time when the country’s economy is faltering and geopolitical tensions are rising.
They were traveling to the zone designated for export processing. The authorities claim that the accomplice of the suicide bomber was shot and killed in the incident. Authorities further claim that the accomplice had grenades and fired fifteen shots. The dead associate’s alleged ties to a Baloch separatist group highlight the necessity for foreign workers on construction and other projects in the country to have an additional layer of protection, even though the chief minister of Sindh has requested a report from the IGP.
The violent episode cannot be ignored since it casts doubt on the effectiveness and attentiveness of the intelligence apparatus and the Counter-Terrorism Department. For more than 20 years, Karachi was the epicenter of political, religious, and ethnic violence as well as terror campaigns. It is currently plagued by violent street crime, which claims far too many lives every day. Consequently, in order to prevent the commercial nerve center from turning into a wildfire once more, law enforcement needs to assess its level of competency, particularly in light of the existence of sleeper cells throughout the city.
Efforts to cause instability in the city need to be precisely blocked. The state needs to update CT rules, and security forces have a duty to step up intelligence-gathering operations even though the motivations behind this attack remain unknown. Since urban areas are hubs of power and progress, hostile actors target them by taking advantage of weak security systems. In addition, the existence Pakistani paramilitary forces in Karachi ought to have eliminated militant organizations. A secure environment for international investors and foreigners is essential to Pakistan’s prosperity, particularly at a time when the country’s economy is faltering and geopolitical tensions are rising.
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