Thursday 17 May 2012
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SINGAPORE: Oil was mixed in Asian trade on Friday as market cheer over a successful Spanish bond sale was offset by downbeat US economic data, analysts said.
A blast killed five and injured 12 other people standing at a bus stop near Malir halt, Karachi. 12 people are injured including a policeman and they were shifted to Jinnah hospital and a private hospital nearby.
Karachi went on alert on Friday, braced for possible violence as businesses ground to a halt after the assassination of Imran Farooq, a senior leader of MQM.
KARACHI: At least eight more people were killed and 17 injured on day two of the latest bout of politico-ethnic violence in the city on Thursday, taking the death tally to 37. The city remained tense as at least eight vehicles were set ablaze by miscreants in various parts of the metropolis.
LAHORE:Nawaz Shareef Urges Government to Stop Violence in Karachi, Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Thursday urged the government to play its role for stopping the incidents of killings in Karachi. Expressing grief on the loss of precious innocent lives, he said it is the responsibility of the government to uncover the elements responsible...