Vicious armed gangs roam Karachi, toll 306

August 29, 2011 14:31

Also on the Karachi crisis, reports says that vicious armed gangs are waging a
savage battle for supremacy in the Pakistan's commercial hub in which 306 people have been killed in the last one month and many areas of the city have become "No go zones", the Sindh police chief told the Supreme Court.
Painting a grim picture of the law and order situation in the port city, police chief Wajid Durrani told the court that more than one ethnic groups were involved in the violence, which has thrown life out of gear in the city of 18 million
multi-ethnic populations.

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