-
pakistantimes
| over 1 year ago
Five people were killed in the metropolis on Saturday as violence continued unabated, a private television news channel reported on Saturday. In four days of violence at least 77 people lost their lives. Violence erupted in Karachi after the...
-
Al Jazeera English
| over 1 year ago
50 July saw Karachi's highest death toll in decades, of about 300, as attacks have increased significantly [EPA] Police in Karachi, Pakistan's financial capital, have been ambushed by a group of gunmen, sparking violent battles in which three...
-
pakistantimes
| almost 2 years ago
After the funeral prayers of three murdered abductees, offered in Liaquatabad, the protesting kin of the killed carried the dead bodies to CM House refusing to bury them until justice was served, a private television news channel reported on Friday.
-
AKI
| almost 2 years ago
Twelve more people have been killed since late Thursday in ongoing ethnic and political violence in Pakistan's southern port city of Kararchi, bringing to 59 the number people who have died there in the past three days. The city plunged into the...
-
The Boston Globe
| almost 2 years ago
Pakistan Police say four more bodies have been found in Pakistan's largest city, bringing the death toll in three days of suspected gang-related violence to 52. Many of the victims in Karachi were tortured, shot and stuffed in sacks dumped on streets.
-
The Courier-Mail
| almost 2 years ago
Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi, police said, as the government again struggled for solutions to the unrest. A former MP for the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Waja Karimdad, was among those killed in the fresh wave of violence in...
-
pakistantimes
| almost 2 years ago
Firing continues in old city areas including Lyari and those surrounding it while the death toll during the last 17 hours in the targeted killings in the provincial capital has mounted to 31, bringing the number of people killed in two days to 47.
-
BBC
| almost 2 years ago
Karachi violence sees at least 39 people killed 18 August 2011 Last updated at 13:07 ET At least 39 people have been killed in political and gang violence in the Pakistani city of Karachi in the past two days. The violence escalated following the...
-
The Hindu
| almost 2 years ago
August 18, 2011 AP A man comforts Pakistani women who mourn the death of their family member by a target shooting in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, August 18, 2011. In a fresh bout of violence, nearly 35 people were feared killed in Karachi over the...
-
Voice of America
| almost 2 years ago
Police say much of the violence has been focused in Karachi's southern Lyari neighborhood, a stronghold of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), where criminal gangs are known to operate. The overnight attacks came after a series of fights...
-
Daily News & Analysis
| almost 2 years ago
Up to 30 people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of violence in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city and commercial capital, but police on Thursday said the clashes now focused more on gang turf wars after months of ethnic and political disputes.
-
Pak Tribune
| almost 2 years ago
The death toll in Karachi violence has climbed to 38 in two days as 22 more people were killed in firing and torture incidents since midnight. Earlier, On Wednesday former MNA among 15 others were gunned down in different incidents of violence in...
-
BBC South Asia
| almost 2 years ago
Pakistan ex-MP Waja Karim Dad dies in Karachi violence BBC News, Karachi The killings in Karachi have continued despite efforts to reconcile its warring political factions At least 13 people, including a former parliamentarian, have been killed in...
