Windows of buildings near Zainab Market in Karachi were also smashed by protesters. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Police resorted to aerial firing and shelled tear gas at the protesters at Fawwara Chowk and Zainab Market to disperse to them.
The protesters attacked shops and cars around Zainab Market after which markets in the area were closed down.
Several vehicles of customers, including two ambulances, were also damaged and looted during the clash, while a CNG pump and a private bank was also smashed. Affected shopowners also joined in the chaos.
Rangers reached the area after the protesters started pelting stones.
The police arrested more than 20 people during the ensuing ruckus.
Some unidentified men tried to storm into the Trinity Church near Zainab Market but were stopped by the police and Rangers.
The Shahrah-e-Faisal area near FTC was also blocked by protesters.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Raza Haroon visited the protest outside Karachi Press Club earlier, where he held the Punjab government responsible for the mob attack.
“I don’t believe that they had any prior information to the incident. It is all a lie. If they had intelligence, then why did they not do anything?” he questioned.
Haroon also urged the chief justice to take suo motu notice of the incident.
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Why are people under the impression that it has something to do with religion? It's mob rule which is wreaking havoc
Violent protest against violence - ONLY IN PAKISTAN :)
@Ayesha: "Dear christens , you are not the only oppressed community in here. all of us are enjoying the gifts of ziaul haq"
Selective amnesia eh?
Some other historical precedents where there has been a precedent of solving disputes violently: 1) 1946 : Direct action day 2) 1949 : Objective resolution where the non-Muslims were made 2nd class citizens 2) 1970: Operation searchlight kiling 3 million Bengalis. 3) 1974: The state declaring that Ahmadis were non-Muslims thereby establishing a precedent that it was a function of state to decide people's faith.
You mix state with religion, and you create the Frankenstein's monster.
Everything turned violent in Karachi no matter what. On the death of Benazir Bhutto my friend was in Karachi and he was telling me that most of the people involved in Arson and hoodlum activities were not locals but were economic migrants of Karachi who found another event to destroy the city and i think in every situation in Karachi people who dont owe this city join the mobs and then transform every situation into a violent scenario.
Dear christens , you are not the only oppressed community in here. all of us are enjoying the gifts of ziaul haq
genius