KARACHI - Police fired into the air to disperse protesters who set fire to several vehicles on Wednesday in the centre of Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city, local television showed.
The cause of the unrest was not immediately clear but it comes amid political tensions a day after pro-democracy lawyers beat up a former minister and ally of President Pervez Musharraf.
Television footage showed the blazing shells of about half a dozen vehicles littering one of the main roads in the teeming southern port city of 12 million people, bringing traffic to a halt.
Police opened fire in the air with automatic pistols to disperse the mob, the footage on Geo television showed. The channel reported unrest in several parts of Karachi.
Police were not immediately available to comment.
Musharraf’s allies were trounced in elections in February, bringing to power a hostile coalition government led by the party of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Former parliamentary affairs minister Sher Afgan Niazi was beaten with shoes and fists by angry lawyers on Tuesday night in the eastern city of Lahore, prompting a strong condemnation by Musharraf.
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