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Shoot at
sight orders in Karachi as violence toll mounts
Friday July 08, 2011 12:00:33 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Shoot at
sight orders have been issued in the port city of Karachi where
spiralling violence over the past three days has left 63 people
dead, media reports said Friday.
The third consecutive day of violence in Karachi Thursday saw 34
people being killed in armed attacks on buses and houses.
The toll in three days of violence now stands at 63.
Saud Mirza, a senior police official, said that 18 people were
killed in armed attacks in Qasba Colony and parts of Orangi Town.
Twelve people were killed and over 30 injured in attacks on two
passenger buses, reported Dawn.
The Sindh government has given shoot at sight orders to security
personnel to normalise the city's deteriorating situation.
It also decided that those who forcefully close down shops and
businesses would be arrested, reported Daily Times.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who has arrived in Karachi, told
reporters: "...Definitely there will be targeted actions in the
affected areas and I have ordered deployment of 1,000 FC troops to
enforce law in the city."
He called upon Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain
and the Awami National Party to play their role to restore peace
in the city.
"Karachi is in a sensitive situation, but we have all the
information, we know where the planning was done to start
violence, we know who are the elements behind it and we are
determined to take action against them," he was quoted as saying.
Dawn said that the bus attacks Friday targeting mainly
Urdu-speaking passengers appeared to be in retaliation of the
killing of five Pakhtuns whose bodies were found in a minibus
Thursday.
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