It was routine work for the gunmen who have turned Pakistan's largest city into a free-fire zone. The week before, the death count was twice as high.
Human lives have no more value here.
People are so tired and sick that they only hope that the killings will end. They are protesting what they say is persecution by the army and government. In turn, authorities accuse the MQM of bombings, murder and kidnapping. The ethnic fighting has flared off and on since the mid-1980s. In June of 1992 the army moved into Karachi to restore order, but pulled out 30 months later with the city still in turmoil.