6 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Karachi

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ISLAMABAD, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi late Saturday, local media reported.

According to reports, the blast took place near a religious ceremony being held in the Gulistan-e-Johar area of Karachi, the provincial capital of southern Sindh province.

Local Urdu TV channel ARY News reported that some miscreants riding a motorbike threw cracker bomb near the venue and fled away.

The ceremony was organized by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a political party mainly based in Karachi.

MQM-P's spokesperson Aminul Haq told local media that six party workers were injured in the attack, but the party's leaders remained safe in the attack.

Following the explosion, security personnel cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to arrest the culprits.

The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital in the city, where two of them were said to be in a critical condition.

No group or individual has claimed the attack yet.

Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah took notice of the incident and directed hospital authorities to provide the best medical treatment to the injured people. Enditem

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