[Iran Press TV] A human rightsOne man's rights are another man's existential threat.
organization says ethnic, sectarian and politically-fueled violence has killed at least 740 people in southern Pak city of Bloody Karachi.
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
"About 740 people have been the victims of violent shootings in the last five months," Zohra Yusuf, chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistain (HRCP) said on Tuesday.
The port city has experienced a tug of war between members of political parties who represent rival ethnic groups, while the authorities have failed to stop violence.
"People are being killed with impunity by various ethnic groups while the government, it seems, has little control to put an end to it," Yusuf complained.
Pakistain has suffered financial losses due to the deep hostilities in Bloody Karachi, where residents flee the violence and shops and markets have to close in large swathes of the economic hub.
According to the rights group, a total of 1,715 people were killed in violent incidents which broke out in 2011 in Pakistain's biggest city, home to an estimated population of 17 million.
The victims include 107 political activists assassinated by members of rival groups, while the rest are people with no political affiliations, HRCP said.
Much of the violence has been blamed on tensions between supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
, representing the Urdu-speaking majority, and the Awami National Party, which represents ethnic Pashtun migrants.
Bloody Karachi has also been used by the US-led military alliance to ship supplies to their forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
Islamabad shut down the border crossing after US air strikes killed 24 Pak soldiers on the Afghan border in November 2011.