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Siddique Islam - AHN South Asia Correspondent
Karachi, Pakistan (AHN) - At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded when rival groups of lawyers clashed in the country’s southern port city on Wednesday. More than 50 vehicles have been torched in several areas of Karachi.
Gun-wielding men on motorcycles opened fire at several places, creating panic and forcing shop-owners to shut down their establishments, according to reports. Police found the charred bodies of five lawyers, including a woman, inside their burned-out office while the other two were shot dead in crossfire between the warring factions.
The clashes started during a protest by lawyers from the pro-Musharraf Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) against the beating the previous day of former minister Sher Afgan Niazi, according to an MQM official.
Niazi was beaten with shoes and fists by angry anti-Musharraf lawyers on Tuesday night in the eastern city of Lahore.
“Our lawyers were staging a protest against an attack on Sher Afgan Niazi. Some other lawyers attacked the group, 10 were injured including a woman lawyer,” MQM legislator Faisal Sabzwari told the Agence-France Press (AFP).
President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf expressed shock over the violence and directed authorities to take necessary measures to ensure peace and calm.
New Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gilani also condemned the violence and “appealed to the citizens of Karachi to remain calm and peaceful,” according to an official statement.
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1 Raza Hasan // Apr 12, 2008 at 5:46 pm
It was not two lawers groups clash, that is completely MQM’s terorism.
2 mani // May 3, 2008 at 2:13 pm
1. Everybody talk about 12th May….but no one talk about following
-Liaquat assassinated; high level inquiry promised
October 16 1951, Rawalpindi. Liaquat Ali Khan was shot dead today by one Said Akber, only moments after he rose to address a huge public meeting at Company Bagh, Rawalpindi.
Following the radio broadcast of the news, all public and commercial activities are shut down, as the nation prepares to mourn the death of its first PM.
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Assassin Said Akbar, killed on the spot.
Some observers are concerned about the identity of those who might really have backed Said Akber (seen dead here), who was killed by the \’angry crowd\’ just after he had fired the bullets. Anxieties also lurk about the contents of the PM\’s last speech which he could never deliver, and which has not been released to the press.
Riots in Karachi
January 4 1965. Ethnic riots erupt in Karachi as citizens protest against violation of Section 144 by President’s son and Pukhtoon transporters, who took out a procession to celebrate election victory. Aggressors raid colonies in the night. Bloody massacres are witnessed, yet official sources claim only six dead.
Anti- corruption or systematic dismissal of Urdu Speaking people from Civil Service 1972
March Around 2000 government servants have been dismissed during the last three months as part of Bhutto’s campaign to \”root out corruption.\”
Ethnic riots in Sindh
July 8 1972 Following the passage of the Sindhi Language Bill yesterday, terrible ethnic riots errupt in Sindh, dividing the province along ethnic lines with Urdu-speakers and those who speak Sindhi pitted against each other.
Clean-up mess
Karachi, December 13 1986 The operation launched yesterday in Sohrab Goth, aimed at ridding the area of drugs and weapons, ends in failure. Only 65 kilos of heroin, one Kalashnikov and 2,000 rounds of ammunition are recovered from what is considered to be one of the most important transit posts in the international heroin trade. A high-level leak is suspected to be the cause for the failure.
Orangi killings
Karachi, December 14 1986 An unprecedented massacre of innocent citizens takes place in Qasba Colony, Aligarh Colony and Sector 1-D of Orangi in the early hours of the morning as several hundred marauders open fire on residents with Kalashnikovs and 7mm rifles, setting fire to homes in the area. The police refuse to intervene in what is viewed as a revenge attack by Pakhtuns on a largely mohajir locality. The carnage continues until around 4 pm, when the army is finally called in. The official death toll is 49, and several hundred more are injured.
Sindh succumbs to violence
Sep 30 1988 Unknown snipers in Hyderabad kill 120 in a brutal massacre; army called in to restore order and curfew imposed
Massacre in Hyderabad
May 27 1990 More than 60, including women and children, die in Hyderabad Pucca Qila area during a police operation, heightening the growing tension between the MQM and the PPP
These are the extracts of News paper death toll of Urdu speaking people are way beyond from the above figures as ll of them were Gov Press releases.
After all that you people remember only 12 May??
Allah have mercy on this city in coming time.
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