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Rehman Malik has admitted that the Punjabi Taliban carried out the Sunday attack. This is an indictment of the existence of the Punjabi Taliban, which, until very recently, the entire Pakistani establishment was denying.


Punjabi Taliban behind Karachi attack, says Rehman Malik

KARACHI: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that like Quetta the Punjabi Taliban was behind the attack in Karachi's Abbas Town on Sunday, DawnNews reported.

The interior minister said that the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) had its headquarters in Punjab and claimed that the province's ruling party the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) was in an electoral alliance with the banned organisation.

Speaking to media persons at a private hospital after meeting with the victims of the tragic blast that occured in Karachi on Sunday, Rehman Malik said that the same group of terrorists was involved in the Quetta and Karachi attacks.

He added said that terrorism in the country would be eliminated only if action was taken against terrorists in Punjab.

The federal interior minister said that the terrorist forces wanted to delay the upcoming elections.

He claimed that the backbone of terrorists has been broken and that 30 activists of the LeJ were apprehended in Karachi alone.

The LeJ had previously claimed responsibility of two attacks in Quetta's Alamdar road and Kirani road this year.

A local daily newspaper had reported the chief of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, as saying that the PML-N was in talks with him for seat adjustments in the general elections.

The PML-N on the other hand had denied all links with extremists.


Punjabi Taliban behind Karachi attack, says Rehman Malik | Pakistan | DAWN.COM


Relatedly: Florida imam convicted of providing support to Pakistani Taliban
 
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Re: 4 killed, 18 hurt in firing in Pakistan's Karachi

According to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan :
During first six months of 2011, there were 1,138 people killed in various kind of violence in Karachi. This number turned to 1724 by the year end.
During first six months of 2012, the total deaths have been 1257.

2011 was recorded as Karachi's second deadliest year in the past 20 years.
We'll see about 2012 soon enough.

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Blast heard in landi bazaar in Karachi.

more info awaited

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3 Killed in Pakistan Blast



Pakistan officials say say a bomb blast in the country's largest city has killed three people and wounded five others.

Authorities said Friday the explosion in took place near a cable television office in Karachi.

The blast was the latest in a recent string of violent incidents in the city.

On Wednesday, gunmen shot dead Perween Rahman, a pioneering female activist, who helped bring sewers and water to Karachi's poorest neighborhoods.

Karachi is a sprawling metropolis of 18 million people and has a long history of political, sectarian and ethnic violence.
 

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Karachi world's 'most dangerous megacity': Report
PTI | Sep 9, 2013, 05.31 PM IST

KARACHI: Pakistan's financial hub is the world's "most dangerous megacity", with a murder rate of 12.3 for every 100,000 residents and the expanding presence of the Taliban who run criminal and smuggling rackets, according to a media report.

Over the past decade, millions of people have fled the fighting and terrorism in Pakistan's northwest to settle in Karachi, the pulsing commercial heart of the country. But the flood of migrants in search of jobs and opportunity has brought Karachi some less savoury additions.

"As a result, Karachi is far and away the world's most dangerous megacity, with a homicide rate of 12.3 per 100,000 residents, some 25 per cent higher than any other major city," influential Foreign Policy magazine reported.

From 2000 to 2010, the city's population grew more than 80 per cent. That's roughly equivalent to adding more than New York City's entire population in just a decade, it said.

Over the past four years, processions and mosques of minority Shia community have been brutally attacked by Sunni supremacists, triggering a sectarian war. Besides, gangs tied to political parties run extortion rackets and land-grab schemes.

"More recently, Pakistani Taliban militants have also gained a foothold in the city, where they run criminal and smuggling rackets, rob banks, and administer a cruel and terrifying justice. Pitched firefights that go on for days between gangs, or between gangs and the police, are not uncommon," the report said.

The magazine reported while 202 murders had occurred in Mumbai in 2011, Karachi had 1,723. The figure crossed the 2,000 mark in the Pakistani city in 2012.
 

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Now The government take best action about Karachi. Operation started and many terrorist arrested. InshaAllah soon Karachi troubles have been finishing.
 

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Pakistan violence drives armored vehicle demand

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Fifteen-foot walls and nearly a dozen armed guards protect Nadeem Khan's palatial home in the most upscale neighborhood of Pakistan's largest city. When it comes to getting around town, though, Khan prefers to travel as low-profile as possible.

Surging violence by criminal gangs and Islamic militants in Karachi has sparked a demand for more armored vehicles to protect wealthy businessmen, politicians and their families.

"I feel safer for myself and my family to travel in an armored car, and it's better than travel with a contingent of security guards in a separate vehicle for people who don't want unnecessary attention," said Khan, vice president of one of Pakistan's largest pharmaceutical companies.

Karachi, a city of 18 million people, has a long history of violence, much of it associated with gangs linked to the city's main political parties. Recent years have been especially bloody. There were 2,174 people killed in Karachi last year, according to the Citizens' Police Liaison Committee, the deadliest year since the organization began collecting figures in 1994.

This year is on track to be even worse. There were 1,894 people killed in the first eight months of 2013, said Ahmed Chinoy, head of the CPLC. The government launched a wide-ranging crackdown in Karachi about two weeks ago using paramilitary forces, but such operations have failed in the past to provide a lasting solution to the violence. Karachi and other cities in Pakistan have also been plagued by deadly attacks from the Taliban and their allies.


Mohammed Khalid Yousuf, head of a company that armors vehicles in Karachi, said rising violence and falling prices for armored vehicles have driven greater demand among the country's elites.

"Previously, only senior government officials and a few leaders of political parties were traveling in armored cars," said Yousuf, CEO of Streit Pakistan Pvt. Ltd, a Canada-based company. "But during the last few years, the law and order situation, especially in Karachi, is turning from bad to worse, and people who can afford it want their vehicles to get armored."

Business has been triple what the company expected, and it is now armoring about 15 vehicles per month, said Yousuf. The company has armored 70 vehicles since it opened shop in Pakistan in January, mostly for customers in Karachi and a few in Islamabad and Lahore, he said.

Khurram Hamirani, head of another company in Karachi, Pak Armoring Pvt. Ltd, also said business was booming. His company has armored 80 vehicles since it began business in early 2012 — mostly Toyota Hilux trucks and Land Cruisers, he said

"Demand is increasing every day, and there is always a waiting list of customers," said Hamirani.

Violence in Karachi has encouraged thousands of businesses to leave and led to millions of dollars in losses. But leaving isn't an option for everyone.

"Every businessman can't shift his family and business abroad or to other parts of the country, and I am one of those" said Khan, the pharmaceutical executive, who recently spent about $40,000 to armor his Land Cruiser. "An armored car not only prevents heinous crimes, but it is also a very effective shield against cell phone snatchers and street robbers."

The only armored vehicles available in Pakistan for years were imported at very high cost and required special government approval. The cost came down significantly several years ago when the government first authorized domestic companies to armor vehicles — although customers still need government approval to carry out the process.

Today, there are at least six companies in the business in Karachi and Islamabad, said Hamirani. It costs $25,000 to $40,000 to armor a vehicle in Pakistan, about half of what it costs to do so abroad and import it into the country, he said. That is still a fortune for most people in Pakistan, a country where many live on just a few dollars a day. Some people still pay more to import armored vehicles because they trust them more, said Hamirani.

Armoring a vehicle involves an elaborate process in which the entire car is dismantled, leaving only the metal skeleton and the engine. Steel plates are then attached to the vehicle using the same welding technology involved in ship construction. Bulletproof windows and special tires designed to resist deflation when punctured are also installed. Workers then re-install the seats, dashboard and other components.

"Unfortunately, failure of the state to provide security has compelled people to take steps for their security," said Hamirani, "and armored vehicles became a necessity rather than a luxury for the people who can afford it."

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At least Karachi violence has bought in new business - armoured vehicles for those that can afford it!
 

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2011 - 1,724 deaths. Second deadliest in past 20 years gone till 2011
2012 - 2,174 deaths. Deadliest year in 20 years till 2012
2013 - 1,894 in the first 8 months, that is more than the total figure for 2011.

Pakistan is making and breaking new records every year.
 

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Karachi was the very beautiful city of Pakistan but the terrorists in Pakistan made it like hell .
 

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20 killed in fresh violence in Pakistan's Karachi

20 killed in fresh violence in Pakistan's Karachi

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 people were killed during the last 24 hours in the fresh wave of violence in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, local media reported.

According to the reports, a total of nine people were shot dead in different areas of the city on Monday while 11 others were killed by unknown shooters during the first few hours of Tuesday morning.

Read more: 20 killed in fresh violence in Pakistan's Karachi - Xinhua | English.news.cn
 

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