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| Karachi protest: Pakistan clashes at airport 'kill two' | |
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| Pakistani security forces and protesters have clashed at Karachi airport, leaving at least two people dead, officials say. | |
| Staff at the national carrier Pakistan International Airlines were protesting against privatisation plans. | Staff at the national carrier Pakistan International Airlines were protesting against privatisation plans. |
| Several people have been injured as police responded with tear gas, water cannon and batons. | Several people have been injured as police responded with tear gas, water cannon and batons. |
| Police denied having opened fire on protesters, who broke through the cargo gate. | Police denied having opened fire on protesters, who broke through the cargo gate. |
| The two who died were workers of the company, hospital officials have said. | |
| The violence came as hundreds of airline employees held the latest in a series of protests against the proposals to complete a partial sale of the airliner by July. | |
| Police and paramilitary soldiers tried to keep the crowd from approaching the city's Jinnah International Airport before shots were fired. The source of the gunfire was not immediately clear. | |
| Senior police officer Kamran Fazal told reporters at the scene that officials had been collecting empty shells to determine where the gunfire had come from. | |
| Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has invoked a law barring the airlines' employees from union activity for six months. |