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India-Pakistan
SHC judge injured; 10 killed in Karachi blast
2013-06-27
[Pak Daily Times] KARACHI: A kaboom on a Sindh High Court judge on Wednesday killed at least ten people and injured 15, including the judge, police said.

The intended target of the forces of Evil was senior Sindh High Court judge Justice Maqbool Baqar, who was on his way to the court along with an escort of four Rangers personnel on two cycle of violences and two police vehicles. The convoy was near Burns Road when the powerful bomb went kaboom!. However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened...
Justice Baqar did not suffer any major wound. The blast also damaged Rangers' motorbikes, police vehicles, walls and windowpanes of a nearby building.

Rescue teams rushed to the blast site and shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi
...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...
, where at least ten people, including two Rangers personnel, six coppers and the driver of the judge's car died. The 15 injured people were admitted for treatment. Justice Baqar was later shifted to the Aga Khan Hospital, where doctors termed his condition out of danger. According to the hospital, his condition is satisfactory as he had only received minor injuries. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah visited Justice Baqar and confirmed that his condition was satisfactory.

A large number of law enforcers, including Rangers and police, reached the blast site and cordoned off the area to avoid any untoward incident. The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was also summoned to the blast site to collect evidences and determine the nature of the kaboom. According to initial report of the BDS, the bomb was rigged to a cycle of violence which was parked along a footpath outside the Hanfia Masjid. The BDS experts said an improvised bomb (IED) was used in the blast. They added that the bomb weighed around six to eight kilogrammes and contained nuts, bolts and ball bearings.

Police officials said Justice Baqar had serious threats from myrmidon outfits, including outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
. They said that about 12 CCTV cameras were installed in the vicinity of the blast site and law enforcers were examining the footages from them for leads. The Sindh police chief has sought a detailed report from the Karachi additional IG regarding the attack. A police statement said that IGP Shahid Nadeem Baloch has also instructed that the scene of the crime be secured for the collection of all the available evidences. The IGP further directed that with the collaboration of the Forensic Division of Sindh Police all the available evidences be collected from the scene and the process of investigation be made result-oriented.

Baqar has a reputation for honesty and has also served as a judge in special anti-terrorism courts set up to hand down quick judgements in terror cases. TTP front man Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed the responsibility of the attack, saying they detonated the bomb remotely. "We attacked the judge in Karachi as he was taking decisions against shariah and he was harmful for mujahideen,'' he said. Ehsan further said that the judge was targeted for what he said were "anti-Taliban and anti-mujahideen decisions", and that the group would continue to target judiciary.

President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
, MQM chief Altaf Hussain and leaders of political parties have strongly condemned the blast. Expressing sympathies with the bereaved families, they prayed for the departed souls and for the courage of the affected families to bear their losses with fortitude. The president and prime minister directed the authorities concerned to ensure that best medical assistance is provided to the injured.
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