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Violence in Pakistani city of Karachi Kills 45

   VOA News 03 August 2010
   People  carry  bodies  of local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement
   Raza  Haider,  left,  and his guard who were killed by unknown gunmen,
   for burial in Karachi, Pakistan, 03 Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   People  carry  bodies  of local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement
   Raza  Haider,  left,  and his guard who were killed by unknown gunmen,
   for burial in Karachi, Pakistan, 03 Aug 2010

   Pakistani officials say at least 45 people have been killed and scores
   wounded  in  the  southern  port  city  of  Karachi, in an outbreak of
   violence following the assassination of provincial lawmaker.

   Authorities  say  protesters  took  to  the  streets  in the country's
   second-largest city, burning dozens of cars and shops.

   Police  and  troops  patrolled the streets Tuesday, working to restore
   calm in the city of more than 16 million people.

   On  Monday, gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed lawmaker Raza Haider
   and  his  bodyguard  as  they attended the funeral for one of Haider's
   relatives in the Nazimabad area of the city.

   Haider  was a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, or MQM, which is
   part  of the ruling political coalition in both Sindh province and the
   federal government. His funeral is scheduled for Tuesday.

   Karachi has seen bursts of ethnic and sectarian violence.

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   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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