KARACHI, Pakistan - A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.
Pakistan's commercial capital and biggest city has seen numerous militant attacks over the past 10 years and is also plagued by violence between rival ethnic-based factions.
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Eight of the wounded were in critical condition, said Seemi Jamali, a doctor at Jinnah Hospital.
