Amnesty Intern declares Karachi war zone

Amnesty International’s Director for the Asia-Paci Sam Zarifi said that by granting security forces the power to ‘shoot on sight’ was effectively declaring Karachi a war zone.“Given the Pakistani army’s record of human rights violations and impunity, such licence given to the security forces, in a volatile situation, can only be a recipe for disaster, encouraging lawlessness, further violence and killings” he added. He further said that granting these powers, the authorities contravene international human rights standards and send the message that their own security forces were above the law.