Karachi Streets Grow Calmer After 63 Gunned Down Over Two Nights
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Karachi shops and businesses began reopening as calm returned to the streets of Pakistan’s commercial capital after two nights of killings triggered by the shooting of a Muslim Shiite politician.
The death toll climbed to 63 overnight as protesters burned cars and shops and gunned people down as police and paramilitary troops sought to restore order, hospital officials said. The violence comes on top of floods across much of Pakistan that left more than 1,500 dead and millions stranded.