Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Pakistan News Updates -- August 4, 2010



62 Dead, 128 Injured In Karachi Violence -- Sify News

Karachi: At least 62 people have died and 128 have been injured as angry mobs stalked the streets of Pakistan's largest and most volatile city in unchecked violence after Monday's killing of a MQM legislator.

Muttahid Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and member of the Sindh provincial assembly, Raza Haider, was shot dead in Nazimabad area where he had gone to attend a funeral.

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More News On Pakistan

Pakistan Government Stretched Thin Amid Deadly Violence, Flooding -- Washington Post

Karachi Streets Grow Calmer After 63 Gunned Down Over Two Nights of Riots -- Bloomberg
Extra troops patrol Pakistan city after violence -- AP
Haider murder: Karachi police arrest 'hardliners' -- BBC
Gunmen Kill 47 in Karachi Riot After Lawmaker's Death -- Wall Street Journal
Assassination Sets Off Wave of Killings in Pakistani City -- New York Times
Dozens Die in Karachi Violence -- Voice of America
Political killing stokes tensions in Pakistan city -- AP

At least 1,500 die in Pakistan floods -- UPI
Devastating Pakistan Floods Now Threaten Food Crisis -- New York Times/Reuters
Floods ravage Pakistan's heartland, threaten south -- AP
Pakistani Government Faces Growing Criticism Over Flood Response -- Voice of America
Pakistan Issues New Warnings as Floods Affect 3.2 Million -- Voice of America
Food and medicine cannot reach flood victims -- The Australian/AFP
Flood waters threaten to burst Pakistan dam -- Financial Times
Pakistan floods: Islamic fundamentalists fill state aid void -- The Guardian
Pakistan Vies With Islamists to Aid Flood Victims -- New York Times
Pakistan floods: Army defends rescue operation -- BBC

Pakistan: Bomber kills senior police officer -- AP
Bomber kills paramilitary force chief in Pakistan -- AJC.com
Suicide attack kills a top Pakistan police chief -- AFP
Attack kills senior Pakistani security officer -- CNN

Analysis: Karachi attack ‘a trap to destabilize Pakistan’ -- National Post
Time to act -- Dawn Editorial
The crack of doom -- The Daily Times editorial
Rage and Floods in Pakistan -- New York Times editorial

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