In Pakistan, a fresh wave of violence claimed 11 lives in last 24 hours and left scores wounded in drive by shootings and indiscriminate aerial firing incidents. The violence was sparked by the killing of a senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) activist in Karachi. Two incidents turned out to be flashpoints for the latest round of violence that began yesterday. A senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, who headed the workers union in the national airlines PIA, Aamir Shah, was gunned down with his friend in a shooting incident in the troubled Gulistan-e-Jauhar area.Shortly afterwards, a protest rally taken out by the Kachi Aman (Peace) committee was fired upon by unidentified gunmen. At least seven people were wounded in the incident as people ran helter skelter for cover.Angry supporters of the committee soon after blocked the main Mauripur road which serves as a main transit route for containers and heavy good trucks.The violence spread following this and at least nine more deaths were reported from different areas of the city in late night shootings, including three people killed in another troubled area, Baldia town.