May 14 , 2015
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Fish harbours closed to stop Karachi attackers from fleeing
INPKARACHI - Intelligence agencies suspect that the attackers, who bathed 46 Ismaili commuters in blood on-board a community service bus near Safoora Goth, might try to flee Pakistan by sea.
According to reports, the agencies have a reason to believe the shooters are planning to leave Karachi in the guise of fishermen from Thatta, Kemari, or Ibrahim Haideri harbours in the next 48 hours.
Under the command of the Pakistan Navy, Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has shutdown the aforementioned ports for all kinds of outgoing sea traffic leaving only main fish harbor at Karachi’s West Wharf open for business. The PMSA has also barred all the vendors from renting out private motorboats to anyone for at least two days.
Karachi was brought to a standstill on Thursday following the massacre of 46 minority Ismaili commuters in the first attack claimed by the Islamic State group in the country.
Hundreds of distraught relatives lined the streets around a cemetery in the city's eastern Safoora Goth area, passing the coffins of the men and women who were killed on Wednesday when up to six gunmen stormed a bus and shot them in the head and upper body.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had announced a day of mourning as all markets, shops and schools were shut and public transport was suspended. Schools, colleges and universities also postponed examinations.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk