...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
's Shah Latif Town.
The attack came early in the morning. "Apparently an car bomb hit the police bus transporting officials for security duty," Muhammad Iqbal, a senior police official, told AFP.
Rescue teams reached the site of attack whereas the victims were shifted to Jinnah Hospital and a private hospital nearby in the locality.
Doctor Seemi Jamali at Karachi's Jinnah hospital confirmed that there were at least 11 dead. At least 47 maimed officers were hospitalised, 10 of whom were at death's door, she said.
SSP Farooq Awan, who heads a special investigative unit, said the bus was making a U-turn after leaving a training centre when a small van struck it.
According to initial reports, 25 to 30 kilograms of explosives were used in the attack.
Police said that more than 50 officers were boarding the vehicle at the time of attack, which occurred in the eastern district of Karachi close to the national highway.
"Around 50-55 coppers were boarding the bus and going somewhere for duty from their training centre," Iqbal said adding that police suspect it was a suicide kaboom.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
The rear portion of the targeted bus was completely destroyed in the kaboom.
Moreover, additional contingents of police, Rangers and the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) reached the spot and cordoned off the area as a probe into the incident went underway.
The intensive blast was heard in a radius of two kilometres.
Moreover, President Mamnoon Hussain,aa Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch, Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
chief Altaf Hussain and the Majlis Wahdat-e-Moslemeen (MWM) issued statements in condemnation of the attack .