Children shot amid Pakistan protest

Two children have been shot dead in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi amid growing political unrest, police said today.

Protesters opened “indiscriminate gunfire” in a violence-ridden district, killing two boys, a spokesman said.

The violence happened in the city’s Chakiwara neighbourhood where supporters of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto have been involved in clashes with police today.

The protesters, angry at Ms Bhutto’s current house arrest in the eastern city of Lahore, traded fire with police who also used tear gas to try and disperse them.