Charred motorcycles and the smell of gunpowder — Recounting the protest outside the US consulate in Karachi

Charred motorcycles and the smell of gunpowder — Recounting the protest outside the US consulate in Karachi

KARACHI: Spent casings of tear gas shells littered the road outside the US consulate in Karachi on Sunday, which was sprinkled with charred remains of several motorcycles — including one that belonged to a Dawn photographer. The smell of gunpowder was in the air, regularly punctuated by the deep thumps of tear gas shells being fired. Hundreds of law enforcement personnel, including paramilitary forces, riot police and special units, were in the area — forming security cordons, keeping protest...

By none@none.com (Hussain Dada)