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Karachi's elite go bombproof
[Dawn] As an unprecedented wave of killings and kidnappings hits Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , the Pak city's elite are splashing out the cash to have their luxury cars made bomb and bulletproof. The sprawling metropolis of 18 million people on the Arabian Sea is Pakistain's economic heart, with ranks of factories, import-export wheeler-dealers and slick bankers. But it is also the crucible of the country's worst excesses of violence, criminality and inequality. Bloody gang wars fed by ethnic and political bitterness, drugs and the Taliban have created a culture of impunity under the stunned gaze of police. The past two years have seen record corpse counts. In the first six months of 2013, 1,726 people were killed in Karachi compared with a previous high of 1,215 in the same period last year, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistain. Posted by: Fred 2013-08-20 |
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