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The Airports Security Force (Pakistan) (ASF) is part of the Aviation Division (Pakistan)
and is responsible for protecting the airports and the facilities and the planes
(on-ground or in-air). ASF safeguards the aviation industry against unlawful interferences,
adopting counter terrorism measures, preventing crime and maintaining law within
the limits of Airports in Pakistan. The current Director General of ASF is Maj Gen
Sohail Ahmad Khan (from Pakistan Army).
The ASF was established in 1976 under the Airport Security Force Act LXXVII of 1975
initially as the Directorate of the Department of Civil Aviation. After the hijacking
of a Pakistan International Airlines aeroplane in March 1981, sensing the contradictory
requirements of security and facilitation, the ASF was separated, and in December
1983, was placed under the folds of the Ministry of Defence
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