Wave Of Political Killings Hits Southern Pakistan (ap)

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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier monitors area as other search a car at a checkpoint in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and commercial hub, has largely been spared the Taliban-linked violence that has struck much of the rest of the country, a fact that analysts believe is driven by the group's tendency to use it as a place to rest and raise money. But the city has been the scene of frequent ethnic, political and sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP – Dozens of people have been killed in Pakistan’s largest city including four found Sunday — three of them headless — in a wave of targeted attacks among rival political groups that some say is aimed at destabilizing the country’s ruling coalition.

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