
Improved security in Karachi has been one of the showcase successes for the army's ongoing security crackdown. (File Photo)
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Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was shot dead in Karachi last week
A branch of the Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for the attack
Pak army chief orders commanders to leave 'no stone unturned' in probe
Sharif ordered commanders to leave "no stone unturned" in finding the attackers who killed a popular singer and gunmen who kidnapped the son of the provincial chief judge, a statement from the military's press wing said.
The killing of Amjad Sabri, one of the most popular singers of "qawwali" Sufi devotional music, on Wednesday was the latest in a high-profile series of attacks in Karachi, a megacity of 20 million plagued by political, ethnic and sectarian violence.
A spokesman for a branch of the Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing.

The killing of Amjad Sabri was the latest in a high-profile series of attacks in Karachi.
Improved security in Karachi has been one of the showcase successes for the army's ongoing security crackdown.
Karachi's murder rate fell by 50 percent after the paramilitary Rangers, who answer to the Ministry of Interior and the army, launched a sweeping crackdown in 2014 against suspected militants and criminals.
Political activists have accused the Rangers of heavy-handed tactics including summary executions and targeting political parties.
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