Six people were killed today, including a two-year-old child and an activist of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), increasing fears that the coming general elections will be hit by violence.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah blamed the Tehreek-e-Taliban for 60 per cent of the killings and crimes in Pakistan's financial hub.
Yesterday, seven people were gunned down in the city including two activists of the Mutthaida Qaumi Movement.
On Saturday, around 14 people including three ASWJ activists were killed.
Qaim Ali Shah told reporters that the Taliban were involved in 60 per cent of the killings and crimes in the city besides bomb attacks.
"We have arrested around 100 Taliban people and we have intelligence reports that they have increased their activities in Karachi in last six months," he said.
In 2012, Karachi was badly hit by violence and around 2,000 people were killed in ethnic, sectarian and political violence.
