KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik appealed for calm on Tuesday in Karachi, where shop owners surveyed gutted premises a day after a suicide bomber killed at least 40 people and triggered a city-centre riot.
The bombing of a Shia procession in Karachi underscored multiple security challenges facing Pakistan.
“I appeal to the people of Karachi to remain peaceful. This is the economic hub of Pakistan,” Rehman Malik told reporters after attending the funeral of a paramilitary soldier who authorities said pounced on the suicide bomber.
“Anybody trying to destabilise Karachi is actually destabilising Pakistan,” Malik said.
Malik had also ordered a thorough inquiry into the incident
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