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The 12 May Karachi riots, also known as Black Saturday riots, were a series of violent clashes between rival political activists in Karachi. [3] The violence resulted in 58 killings of ethnic Pashtuns. [2] [4] The unrest began as the recently suspended chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry arrived at the Jinnah International Airport on 12 ...
Karachi: Language Dispute Sindhi 47 Unknown N/A 1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots [3] May 1974 Islamabad, Peshawar, Hafizabad, Gujranwala, Lala Musa, Jhang, Wah Cantt, Burewala, and other localities Religious violence Muslims 27 Ahmadiya murdered N/A N/A 1953 Lahore riots [4] 1 February - 14 May 1953 N/A N/A N/A Riots in Kohat: 1924 Kohat: Hindu ...
12 May Karachi riots, in 2007; 2010 Karachi riots This page was last edited on 26 May 2020, at 14:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
In 2007, the 12 May Karachi riots saw the MQM party workers being accused of launching highly coordinated attacks on ANP and PPP supporters, resulting in the killings of 58 people as well as hundreds of injuries, most of whom were Pashtuns. 14 MQM workers were killed in relation during the clashes.
Streets throughout Karachi were left deserted on 12 May 2007 just before the riots broke out resulting in several deaths. 12 May – Black Saturday riots break out in Karachi at the arrival of chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry at the Jinnah International Airport. [4]
As of 12 May 2007, at least 42 people had been killed,140 injured in riots erupting across the city of Karachi—capital of the Sindh province and the most populous city in the country of Pakistan. Roads had been blocked, cars burned and hundreds of people injured and arrested.
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Riots Karachi: 9: Many: Riots after two groups of lawyers scuffle that begin after PML-Q leaders, former CM Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim and former federal minister Sher Afgan Niazi are maltreated ahead of government formation in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab. [97] 83: 17 Clashes Khyber Agency: 20: dozens: Clashes between two belligerent ...