Militants launch deadly attack on Pakistan police headquarters

Paramilitary soldiers were deployed after the attack (Ikram Suri/AP)

Militants and suicide bombers have launched a deadly attack on the police headquarters in Pakistan’s largest city as the sound of gunfire and explosions rocked the heart of Karachi.

At least one police officer and a civilian were killed and 11 security force members wounded, said government officials and Ghulam Nabi Memon, police chief for the southern Sindh province where Karachi is located.