In Pakistan, at least 40 people were killed since Monday in the latest bout of ethnically fuelled violence in the southern city of Karachi. Officials said 11 people had so far been shot dead on Tuesday, while 29 were killed on Monday. Targeted killings and clashes claimed more than 200 lives in Karachi last month. Provincial home department official Sharfuddin Memon on Tuesday said that gunfire could still be heard in one of the city's worst-affected districts, Surjani, which is a stronghold of criminal gangs. Police said dozens of motorcycles were set alight inside a factory, and a roadside restaurant and several vehicles were also torched.Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Karachi was enduring a reign of terror and bloodshed. He said that the government would take every possible action to restore peace.