(Xinhua) -- The law enforcement agencies of Pakistan have taken five people into custody in connection with the series of bomb blasts in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Seven blasts occurred in different parts of Karachi Monday evening, killing one and injuring 40 others. No group has claimed responsibility of the blasts. Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister of Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, was quoted by the News Network International news agency as saying that a planned conspiracy was being hatched to destabilize the government and to terrify the people. Inspector General of Sindh Police Babar Khattak said that five people had been taken into custody in connection with the terrorist act who were questioned.
Meanwhile a team of intelligence experts have been dispatched from Islamabad to Karachi to investigate the bomb blasts and expose the groups behind the terrorist activities and their motives. The Interior Ministry directed the intelligence agencies and all law enforcement agencies to fully cooperate with the Sindh government in apprehending the mastermind of Karachi bomb blasts.