Violence claims 108 lives in Karachi in one month

ISLAMABAD,  Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Over 108 people have been killed in separate incidents of target killings based on political, personal and religious enmities in Pakistan‘s southern port city of Karachi during the month of January, officials said.

Karachi police issued a reported Friday saying that 18 policemen, two paramilitary troops and fiver doctors were also among the people who became a target of unidentified gunmen in the city since the beginning of New Year, reports Xinhua.

The report said that people belonging to various political parties were also killed in separate incidents of gunfire in the city.