ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said the Karachi Ashura blast was not a suicide attack. He said the federal government has constituted a committee to investigate the arson attacks in Karachi.

The interior minister, after chairing a high level meeting at the interior ministry in Islamabad, announced the government’s decision to constitute a committee to investigate the issue. The committee will be headed by the ministry’s Additional Secretary Asif Nawaz.

Arson and rioting, which followed the Ashura procession blast, caused losses worth billions of rupees to the government and the private sector.

He said that the government had instructed law enforcement agencies to patrol the streets of Karachi. Rangers and Police will jointly conduct patrolling operations in the city, said Malik.

The interior minister also said that the government will not tolerate target killings anywhere in the country. — DawnNews