Senior Pak police official sacked over Karachi blast

A spokesman for the governor of southern Sindh province told the agency an investigation was underway. The country8217;s leading Urdu-language newspaper, Jang, said on Sunday that Khwaja was sacked after he refused to implicate political leaders in the blast and to take action against two police officials. quot;He was suspended on the basis of wrong information provided by a group of officials to the higher authorities,quot; it said.

More than 4,000 people have died in political, ethnic and sectarian violence during the last four years of unrest here. The city itself has remained a permanent irritant for the successive governments due to law and order situation.