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Cycle of violence: Mr Rehman Malik, meet Karachi’s wives and girlfriends
The minister trivialised the killings by pegging them to domesticity and romance, but these women beg to differ.
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Day three of violence: 27 more fall while political heads talk
Red alert declared across Karachi; five policemen among casualties.
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No criminal to be spared: Zardari
Zardari invites MQM to rejoin govt. Committee formed over law and order, arrange hot pursuit terms with Balochistan.
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Karachi burning
The nature of Karachi’s politics dictates that political violence invariably takes an ethnic tinge.
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Target killers to be brought on TV within 48 hours: Malik
Interior minister says government will release first video of detained target killers within 48 hours.
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All political parties have weapons, manpower to use them: Wassan
Sindh home minister says all political parties on same page to restore peace in Karachi.
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11 more killed in ongoing Karachi violence
42 people have been gunned down in various parts of the city in the last 24 hours.
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Lyari stunned as 6 funerals emerge from one lane
The young men had gone out for last-minute Eid shopping.
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Market watch: Bourse plummets due to Karachi violence
KSE-100 benchmark index loses 141 points.
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At least 44 killed in new Karachi violence
Police official acknowledges that "a few" killed may have been targeted over their ethnic or political affiliation.
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Fire and fury
All political parties involved need to adopt a more responsible attitude and play a role in ending the killings.
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Political rhetoric heats up as violence spikes again
Gilani meets Sindh governor; MQM blames elements in govt for the killings.
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Extortion: Pay up or die!
'If you do not pay me the money I have asked for, you should know that for me taking lives is a routine.'
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Target killings: Four people gunned down in Balochistan
The victims died in separate incidents of violence across the province.
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Lyari violence : Nine grenades and counting, but no cases registered
The violence seems to be escalating but the police say they are helpless.
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Karachi violence: Three killed, situation tense in Lyari
Situation tense in Lyari after grenade attack injured former leader of the defunct People’s Amn Committee.
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Karachi’s dirty secret: Nobody admits to what happens to these bodies
Tortured, disfigured unidentifiable men stuffed in gunny sacks are victims of the city’s turf wars.
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Grenade attack injures PPP leader in Lyari
Police believe same group responsible for attacks as those on PAC leader Uzair Baloch and other Lyari grenade attacks.
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Deadline for NADRA arms licenses extended: Rehman Malik
Deadline for computerised arms licenses is September 30, 2011. Old arms licenses will stand invalid from October 1st.
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Blowing bugles
General Kayani does appear to have worked towards ensuring that the military stays out of politics.
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US ready to help improve Karachi situation: Wassan
Sindh home minister says US offered equipment and other expertise to help overcome situation in the city.
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Target killings: Fresh wave of violence claims 6 more lives
Violence continues to claim lives Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Mobina Town.
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Unusual statement: Army weighs in on Karachi violence
Corps commanders hope steps taken by government will stem bloodshed.
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Target killing: No headway in murder of 12th doctor this year
Dr Abid Hussain was killed on July 21 outside his clinic.
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Target killings: 12 more die in Karachi
Two people were killed by gunfire in City Station area and Malir, while one person was killed in Baldia town.
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Bloodshed in Karachi: ANP calls upon govt to deploy army in the metropolis
President Zardari to call an all parties conference to brainstorm for a political resolution.
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Two ordinances bring back nazims in Karachi, Hyderabad
PPP, MQM cut deal following marathon talks in Islamabad and Karachi.
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A Karachi story
As ethnic groups fight for space, economic and political control of city, nobody thinking of the city, its citizens.
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Karachi violence: MQM blames PPP, calls for judicial probe
Farooq Sattar submits a list of 500 alleged terrorists, some with political backing.
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800 killed in Karachi this year: HRCP
HCRP says violence in city deadliest since 1995, when more than 900 killings were reported in first half of the year.
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Analysis: Fiddling while Balochistan, Karachi sizzle
Govet and army reactions to the explosive situations in Karachi and Balochistan continue to reflect a state of denial.
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Solutions elude as opinions dominate Karachi debate
JUI-F opposes calling military to the city, govt criticised for failing to control killings.
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Art and the East: From nightmares to childhood memories, three artists bring Thai art to Karachi
Contemporary hell to them is facelessness, loneliness and unimaginable oppression.
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Peace in a turf war
I said: the real problem for the malaise was there is no rule of law and a PM decides which SC edicts to implement.
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The securitisation of development in Pakistan
Development in Pakistan has become a means to overcome global security concerns rather than an end in and of itself.
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Focus on targeted killings: JI to convene all parties conference
A 14-point agenda will be circulated among political parties.
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PML-N seeks intelligence briefing on Karachi violence
Ahsan Iqbal gives government two days to summon a special session.
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The downward spiral: FC not in sight, four more people killed
MQM worker and three other people turn up dead as Rangers search desperately for killers.
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Peace in Karachi: President to step in as parties fail to restore peace
PPP to once again make an attempt to woo back MQM; Zardari to lead political negotiations; military operation rejected
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Actors in Karachi
PPP’s decision's to revive commissionerate system and bring the FC adds combustible element to the Karachi bonfire.
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Seeking an end to Karachi’s killings
Everybody privately declares the killers are connected with political parties ruling Karachi but no public disclosures
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MQM, ANP call for army deployment in Karachi
MQM Chief asserts that stern action should be taken against those destroying peace in Sindh and Karachi.
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Security stepped up in Karachi as death toll hits 58
Govt offering Rs10m for citizens who provide information leading to arrests of those responsible for the violence.
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Karachi violence: Peace to be restored at all costs, says Malik
MQM chief Altaf Hussain calls on people of Karachi to ration food for a month.
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Restoring Karachi’s Peace: Rangers to begin ‘targeted operation’
The new powers given to the FC, however, will remain ‘in reserve’ until needed.
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Karachi violence: MQM warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’
In a heated session of parliament, the party says it is being ‘alienated’.
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Surjani violence: New strain of violence has law enforcers fearing the worst
Clashes over land-grabbing leave at least 10 dead in Surjani Town.
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Targeted operation by Rangers imminent in Karachi
Up to Rs10 million in reward for photographs or footage of target killers.
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Rangers directed to conduct operation in Karachi
Law enforcement agencies tasked to restore peace in city 'at any cost'.
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Drive-by shooting: MQM worker, friend shot and injured
The pair was shot multiple times and were taken to Civil hospital but are now out of danger.