TTP claimed responsibility for the attack as retaliation for ongoing efforts against them, including the arrest and killing of many of the terrorist organisation's members.

At that time Aslam, whose home was half blown away by the blast, defiantly said he knew he was the target but it would not deter him from fighting against extremists and that he would bury them in the same ground.

[1][6] On 9 January 2014 Aslam died, along with two other officers, his guard and driver, when a bomb targeted his convoy on the Lyari expressway in Karachi.

[9] Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif praised Chaudhry Aslam and the other officers killed as martyrs and said that such attacks will not deter the law enforcement agencies in their fight against terrorism.

[10] The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a statement made by Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, acknowledging the contributions of police and other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in the fight against terror, and paying tribute to Aslam for laying down his life in the line of duty.

[11] Then Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain also condemned the killing of Aslam and his two colleagues.