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(21 Jun 2007) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of protesters gathered on the streets
2. Protesters burning tyres
3. Protesters damaging public property
4. Protesters shaking police barricade fence
5. Riot police marching towards protesters
6. Riot police firing tear gas at protesters
7. Various of teat gas canisters exploding near protesters
8. Police officer firing tear gas canister
9. Police striking protester with show
10. Police attempting to put out fire with extinguishers
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Azad Khan, police officer:
"There is no power in this area since 11 in the morning (0600 GMT) so I think there is some cable fall and people were on the road. As far as they were peaceful, we tried to restrain, but then they tried to damage a few banks and fast food chains, that's why we used some force, some shelling and destroyed the road."
12. Pakistan military officer stationed in front of the damaged KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) fast food restaurant
13. Various of exterior and interior shots of the damaged KFC restaurant
14. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Muhammad Saleem, protester:
"KESC (Karachi Electric Supply Corporation) has failed to supply electricity since 9am (0400 GMT) and KESC is saying that it is a cable fault. Police are using tear gas without reason because our protest is valid and peaceful. Police have made the power crisis worse by their actions."
15 . Wide of street scenes
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of residents angered over a 16-hour power outage rioted in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi overnight, ransacking a Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food restaurant and two banks, police said on Thursday.
At least six people were hurt as youths burned tyres on roads, stoned passing cars and caused extensive damage to commercial property in the south of the city during two hours of unrest.
Police used tear gas to control the mob, and arrested 13 people, police officer Azad Khan said.
"As far as they were peaceful, we tried to restrain, but then they tried to damage a few banks and fast food chains, that's why we used some force," Khan said.
One of the protesters disagreed.
Police are using tear gas without reason because our protest is valid and peaceful. Police have made the power crisis worse by their actions," Muhammad Saleem said.
The KFC restaurant near an upscale district of the city was badly damaged, and rioters made off with the cash
register. Two guards at the restaurant were among the six injured in the violence.
Rioters also smashed the glass doors and windows of two local banks but could not break in as they were repelled by police, Khan said. About two dozen vehicles were also damaged.
Less serious unrest broke out in two other districts of this teeming city of about 15 (m) million people, the country's
main port and business capital, where anger is focused on the privatised local power utility.
Electricity shortages have struck much of Pakistan just as temperatures top 40 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit), forcing businesses to close or throw away perishable products and leaving residents stewing in their
homes.

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