Mustafa Qadri

More people have died from violence in Karachi than from suicide attacks in the whole of Pakistan so far this year Mustafa Qadri, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 27 October 2010 09.59 BST A recent surge in targeted killings in Karachi is the product of years of lawlessness, much of which implicates major political parties and not just militant [...]

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Antagonism between Sunni and Shia Muslims is entrenched, and there is little the state can do to quell the violence

Mustafa Qadri
guardian.co. uk, Thursday 11 February 2010 18.00 GMT

Ordinary Pakistanis have fallen victim to a civil war largely orchestrated by forces well beyond their control. As the recent bombings targeting Shia Muslims in Karachi proves, the violence facing the country is more complex than extremists versus moderates. But how to unravel all the twists in this violent story?

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