Death toll from Karachi unrest tops 60

A second night of political and ethnic violence in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi raised the death toll from the worst such unrest in the city for years to more than 60, officials said yesterday.
The killing rampage was unleashed after the murder on Monday of an MP from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a partner in the Sindh provincial coalition led by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Forty-six deaths were confirmed by dusk Tuesday. On Wednesday, officials said another 14 were reported overnight.
"Hospitals received 14 more bodies of victims of violence overnight, increasing the death toll to 60," said Jameel Soomro, spokesman for the government in southern province of Sindh.