DTN News: Pakistan TODAY June 14, 2009 - Pakistani Paramilitary Soldiers On High Alert And Guard For Islamic Extremists Unrest In Karachi

DTN News: Pakistan TODAY June 14, 2009 - Pakistani Paramilitary Soldiers On High Alert And Guard For Islamic Extremists Unrest In Karachi

*Source: DTN News

(NSI News Source Info) KARACHI, Pakistan - June 14, 2009: A Pakistani paramilitary soldier searches a car at a checkpoint in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, June 13, 2009.

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier searches a car at a checkpoint in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, June 13, 2009.

Authorities have beefed up nation-wide security after a recent wave of terrorism, which killed many people in different parts of the country.

Pakistan is battling a wave of violence by Islamic extremists in its towns and cities and in the lawless border area with Afghanistan in the northwest.