Pakistan, as you all know, is in a terrible moment right now.  Here's today's report from Strategic Forecasting, Inc., below the fold.

Update 3: List of Riots in Pakistan by City, Dec. 29 December 29, 2007 |

1603 GMT NOTE: The report below consists of new information about the riots in Pakistan first reported here. Details on the scale and method of arson in instances mentioned below has been limited. Updates will be made when more information becomes available.

Karachi

• Four people were killed Dec. 29 in shootings in Karachi in Pakistan’s Sindh province, and two of the deaths are confirmed, Stratfor sources in the country said. Twenty-six people were wounded in shootings, and some were looters shot by the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers.
• Stores in the Zamzama shopping district near Defense were looted and damaged.
• Seven large fires were reported, one at a stadium close to the U.S. Consulate, and one large tire fire in the Korangi area that can be seen from at least 4 miles away and is producing significant smoke.
• The Port of Qasim has been closed since the news of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s death.
• Residents are afraid to leave their homes during the three-day mourning period after Bhutto’s death.
• International flights and some domestic flights are operating in Karachi, and the route to the airport is secure during the day. The U.S. Embassy has prohibited its employees from taking domestic flights over the next few days.
• Several shops tried to open Dec. 29, but angry crowds forced them to close.
• The situation is “uncomfortable” for residents who do not have stockpiles of food.

Sindh province

• The National Highway in Sindh remains closed, and mobs are attacking and burning any vehicles traveling on that road, Stratfor sources in Pakistan said.
• A shutterdown strike continues, enforced by mobs armed with Kalashnikov weapons.
• Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority said some domestic flights will resume in the near future, and Pakistan International Airlines has resumed international flights to and from Karachi.
• No city in Sindh has a curfew, although curfews remain an option, police said.
• The army is present in the streets in the cities of Sukkur, Larkana, Badin, and Hyderabad. In Karachi, the army is only present in two neighborhoods. 

Naushahero Feroz

• On the National Highway, 150 vehicles were torched.

Hyderabad

• Gun battles took place between the Sindhi and Mohajir communities, wounding eight people. The clashes occurred despite army presence in the streets.

Khairpur

• Police and protesters clashed, at least 50 people were arrested, and one truck was torched.