Reuters: Karachi Shuts Down To Protest Latest Violence
Karachi, Pakistan's
commercial hub, shut down on Wednesday for a day of mourning after a
fresh wave of violence that has killed at least 56 people since
Saturday.
Political and ethnic rivalries and turf wars -- sometimes linked to criminal gangs -- make it difficult to maintain order in Karachi, home to Pakistan's main port, stock exchange and central bank and the main gateway for Western military supplies bound for neighboring landlocked Afghanistan.
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Political and ethnic rivalries and turf wars -- sometimes linked to criminal gangs -- make it difficult to maintain order in Karachi, home to Pakistan's main port, stock exchange and central bank and the main gateway for Western military supplies bound for neighboring landlocked Afghanistan.
Read the entire article here.
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