PAKISTAN: Dozens of people demonstrate in biggest city Karachi to protest against ongoing violence in the city

Record ID: 872874

  • Title: PAKISTAN: Dozens of people demonstrate in biggest city Karachi to protest against ongoing violence in the city
  • Date: 12th November 2012
  • Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 12, 2012) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER THAT READS "HELPLESS PEOPLE IN KARACHI ARE VICTIMS OF TARGET KILLING" PROTESTERS HOLDING FLAGS OF JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI PARTY CHANTING ISLAMIC SLOGANS PROTESTERS LISTENING TO SPEECHES PROTESTERS CHANTING "GOD IS GREATEST" MORE OF DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING PROTEST LEADER FROM ATOP A TRUCK ADDRESSING (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN MEHNATI, KARACHI CHIEF OF JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI, SAYING: "We will launch a big campaign of restoration of peace in this city. We will invite all political parties; we will include residents of Karachi, businessmen and traders so that we can bring back peace to Karachi." AMBULANCES OUTSIDE HOSPITAL MORGUE AMBULANCE LIGHT FLASHING
  • Embargoed: 27th November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
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  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Crime,Politics
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  • Story Text: Dozens of people took to the streets of Pakistan's biggest city Karachi on Monday (November 12) to protest against ongoing violence in the city as six more people were killed and two buses were set on fire.
    Incidents of gunfire, target killings and violence continued in Karachi on Monday after a surge at the weekend that left at least 23 dead. Several others were injured.
    On Monday, after a shooting incident, unidentified people set two buses on fire.
    The protesters held banners condemning the violence and flags of Jamaat-e-Islami, a major Islamic party that organized the demonstration.
    "We will launch a big campaign of restoration of peace in this city. We will invite all political parties; we will include residents of Karachi, businessmen and traders so that we can bring back peace to Karachi,"said the Karachi chief of Jamaat-Islami, Mohammad Hussain Mehnati.
    A city of more than 18 million, Karachi has a long history of violence, and ethnic, religious and sectarian disputes. Political rows can often explode into battles engulfing entire neighbourhoods.
    More than 400 people have been killed this year in Karachi.
    Street thugs and ethnic gangs have been used by political parties as foot soldiers in a turf war in a city which contributes about two-third of Pakistan's tax revenue and is home to ports, the stock exchange and central bank.
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