Tuesday, 5 June 2012

740 people killed in Karachi in 5 months say Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)

KARACHI: Ethnic, sectarian and politically-linked violence in the country’s financial capital Karachi has killed at least 740 people so far this year, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Tuesday.

Parts of the port city have become battlegrounds, with authorities unable to prevent violence blamed on activists from political parties representing rival ethnic groups.

“About 740 people have been the victims of violent shootings in the last five months,” Zohra Yusuf,

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