Strike in Karachi to protest against killings of Sunni clerics

Описание: (8 Feb 2013) SHOTLIST
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1. Low angle shot of paramilitary ranger standing on guard on a deserted street
2. Close of boots with closed shops in background
3. Various of paramilitary rangers
4. Closed shop, with paramilitary ranger holding gun in foreground
5. Close of lock
6. Man resting outside a closed shop
7. Various of blocked road with men standing nearby
8. Top shot of empty street
9. Mid of closed stalls
10. Bus full of passengers
11. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Vox pop, Abdul Rasheed, Shop owner:
"Business is badly affected, there is no trading during the strike. Today is also another strike and two days earlier there was also a strike. I wanted to do the buying for my shop but the markets are closed. I don't know where to go, home or to my closed shop. It has become a routine and nobody cares. Ten to fifteen people are being killed every day. This is the average. Nobody knows whether he will return home safely or not. There is a very poor system of law and order in Karachi and only God knows what will happen."
12. Various of closed fuel stations
13. Rickshaws parked on the roadside
14. Rickshaw driver sleeping inside his rickshaw
15. Various of Pakistani flag outside Supreme Court
16. Exterior of Supreme Court
STORYLINE
A strike in Pakistan's largest city Karachi on Friday brought businesses in the country's financial capital to a halt.
The strike was called by religious and political groups to protest against a wave of sectarian violence.
The strikers were also protesting against a recent killing of a top Sunni cleric who was killed in his car by a gunman.
On Friday, many streets were deserted and Karachi's main markets, shops and banks were closed.
Paramilitary troops were deployed across the city and schools remained closed as well.
"Business is badly affected, there is no trading during the strike. Today is also another strike and two days earlier there was also a strike," said Abdul Rasheed, a shop owner.
"Nobody knows whether he will return home safely or not. There is a very poor system of law and order in Karachi and only God knows what will happen," he added.
Karachi is a city of 18 (m) million people wracked by ethnic, political and sectarian violence.
Over two-thousand people were murdered last year in the city, located on Pakistan's southern coast.
The residents have witnessed scores of attacks against minority Shiites or majority Sunnis in recent years.


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