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Officials say Pakistani Taliban fighters, who tend to be based in the northwest parts of the country, increasingly use Karachi as a hide-out.
Police showed reporters four hooded men who they said were the suspects.
"The government is struggling to respond to populist forces at precisely the moment when it aims to improve its position to secure a full term and better position itself for the 2013 elections,abercrombie and fitch," wrote analyst Maria Kuusisto of consultancy Eurasia Group in a research note.
Ties that bind
These include rising fuel prices and other economic reforms mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but reviled by the people and the government's handling of the case of US CIA contractor Raymond Davis who is on trial for the murder of two Pakistani men.
Meanwhile,moncler, Pakistan's disparate political parties are uniting behind their hatred of the United States,moncler, emboldened by a weak government that looks increasingly reluctant to stand up to extremism and a society where radicalism is becoming widely tolerated.
Elections could,abercrombie and fitch paris, however,louboutin, come even earlier if the unpopular ruling coalition stumbles over a range of issues.
Senior police official Mohammad Aslam told reporters yesterday that police raided the group in Karachi after receiving a tip. The militants were believed to be planning attacks in the southern city of 18 million people.
But while there is little chance Islamist parties will be able to take power outright, they are becoming more prominent as anti-Americanism grows among ordinary Pakistanis,abercrombie paris, many of whom also reject attempts to soften a blasphemy law that has claimed the lives of two senior officials this year alone.
Four insurgents manage to escape amid concerns that group is planning attacks in Karachi AP & Reuters Published: 00:00 March 10,abercrombie and fitch, 2011They also displayed an explosives-laden sucide jacket,christian louboutin, assault rifles and other weapons they said they recovered during the late Tuesday encounter.
The prospect of these parties gaining strength in this nuclear-armed nation is a nightmare for its ally the US and neighbours including India and Afghanistan,moncler sito ufficiale, which are already fighting insurgents based in Pakistan.
Economic reforms
Karachi has a history of sectarian, political and ethnic violence.
Karachi/Islamabad: Police in Pakistan's largest city say they have arrested four Pakistani Taliban militants after a shootout,abercrombie france, but four alleged insurgents escaped.
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