41.   Witnesses said most parts of the port city were deserted amid heavy patrolling by police and paramilitary rangers.

42.   Most parts of the city looked deserted with little traffic on the roads, with paramilitary rangers and police guarding key buildings.

43.   Mohammed Naeem, popularly known as Naeem Sharri and Amjad Baig were killed Monday by paramilitary rangers in what the authorities said was an armed encounter.

44.   Officials said paramilitary rangers and armed police had intensified their patrols in armoured vehicles to prevent any further incident.

45.   Paramilitary rangers and police were patrolling the tense locality to prevent any clash between the rivals, they said.

46.   Paramilitary rangers and police in armoured vehicles were deployed around the hospital and on the rooftops of surrounding buildings.

47.   Paramilitary rangers were checking vehicles in the streets while army personnel were manning the polling stations, they said.

48.   Paramilitary rangers were Monday combing the sensitive city where tensions have been brewing between two rival factions of the MQM in the runup to the ballot.

49.   Paramilitary rangers and police in armoured vehicles patrolled the city and sensitive installations were given extra protection, officials said.

50.   Paramilitary rangers and police were out in force and pickets were manned at all major intersections.