The aircraft began taxiing without communicating with the control tower. The concrete pouring work for the control tower started on 13 September 2013. The airport also holds weddings in the control tower. The control tower services are operated by Avinor. Director ("pictured") was situated on top of the fire control tower. The costs for the construction of new control tower will be borne by ROMATSA. In July 2011, construction of a new control tower began. This shelling caused the strategic air traffic control tower to collapse. The runway lighting is controlled by the air traffic control tower. Future modernisation plans include the construction of an 86-meter-high Air Traffic Control Tower. Dwyer witnessed the northbound take-off from a platform outside the control tower. Construction of a new air traffic control tower was completed in July 2010. The plan failed after soldiers in Karachi surrounded the airport control tower. In May 2011 construction began on a new air traffic control tower. A TDY jammer was installed on her forward fire control tower.