Soldiers given shoot-to-kill order in Karachi's Sindh province - CNN International

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Soldiers given shoot-to-kill order in Karachi's Sindh province - CNN International

Excerpt:
"Authorities called for calm and asked residents to stay inside.

Many obliged, shuttering shops or rushing home from work and surrendering the streets to protesters who set fire to banks, shops and gas stations, blocked streets and pelted police with rocks, Pakistani media reported....

Local media reported that in some areas, police were on the streets but were avoiding direct confrontation with the mobs, not wanting to inflame an already tense situation.

But by Friday morning, Pakistani media reported that calm had spread across the shaken country, now marking a three-day period of mourning declared by Musharraf."
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