KARACHI, June 28: A rocket hit a marriage lawn near the Guru Mandir roundabout on Monday night and another 'live rocket' was recovered in Hijrat Colony near the PIDC bridge. No loss of life or injury was reported.

The rocket, fired from a ground launcher in Hijrat Colony, traversed 8 to 10 kilometres and landed at the 'Data Lawn' near Guru Mandir. City police chief Tariq Jamil confirmed the rocket attack and said it "was probably fired from Hijrat Colony."

He said police had found a 'live rocket' an improvised launcher. The bomb disposal squad defused the rocket. Mr Jamil said that it was not the first rocket attack in the city.

A rocket was fired near the airport which hit a house in Al Falah in 2002. Another rocket had hit the Government Commerce College on Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road. He said the make of the rocket and its intended target could not be ascertained.

DSP Jamshed Quarters Shad Ibne Masih said that 'something' had landed inside the premises of the marriage lawn and exploded. A crater of almost four feet in diameter and 2-2.5 feet in depth developed on the lawn.

"We have found a fragment probably of a rocket, but it would be clear after it is examined by the bomb disposal squad," he added. Police officials said that the rocket found in Hijrat Colony was 2.5 feet long.

It was found in a pushcart and the launcher on the ground, beside the rocket. The ground was cordoned off by paramilitary troops and police to examine the rocket and the launcher to look for clues to the perpetrators, the officials said.