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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Foreign elements behind Karachi violence: MalikISLAMABAD: Foreign elements are behind the ongoing sectarian violence in Karachi, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the Senate on Tuesday. Briefing the senators over the issue, Malik hinted at the involvement of “foreign elements” in the Karachi unrest, saying that it was an international conspiracy against Pakistan. “Investigations have revealed that it is not a Shia-Sunni problem, rather it is a conspiracy to destabilise Pakistan,” he said. He said that the situation was being brought under control in Karachi and criminals were being hunted down. “Peace would be ensured and no one would be allowed to take the law into his hands,” he added. Terrorists are trying to trigger ethnic violence in Karachi, he said, adding that an operation would be conducted wherever the government’s writ is challenged. Malik said that a committee, comprising representatives of various schools of thought, had been constituted to resolve the issue of sectarianism. staff report
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