Pakistani Troops Deployed in Tense Karachi Amid Clashes, BBC News, 3 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The authorities in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi have deployed paramilitary troops following several days of deadly clashes. The administration has also enforced a ban on public gatherings in the hope of controlling violence which has claimed at least 20 lives since the weekend. The clashes have taken place mainly between activists of the MQM and ANP, both part of the ruling coalition. The interior minister has now arrived in Karachi in a bid to defuse tensions. The latest killings appear to be the result of targeted attacks by gunmen loyal to rival political groups. In Karachi's Orangi town, both Pahstun activists working for the Awami National Party (ANP) and Urdu-speaking workers loyal to the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party have set up road blocks."
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