Gunmen have attacked the Pakistan stock exchange in Karachi, killing two security guards and a police officer. “This entire period of the attack our stock exchange did not stop, it kept working,” he said. It said the attack was also meant as a message to China, which holds about 40% equity in the Pakistan stock exchange through the Shanghai stock exchange. In the aftermath of the stock exchange attack, police and paramilitaries found more than a dozen hand grenades, boxes of ammunition and several automatic rifles. We shall protect Sindh at all costs.”The Karachi stock exchange is Pakistan’s largest and oldest stock exchange.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2020 06:09 UTC