Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- Prominent charity Edhi Foundation said on Friday that armed men looted Rs6.5 million [$23,200] from its center in Karachi, saying the amount stolen were salaries meant for the organization's volunteers.

Saad Edhi, a member of the charity and grandson of the late Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi who founded the organization, said the robbery took place at the Edhi Foundation's center in Karachi's Sohrab Goth area.

He said Edhi Foundation members had arrived at the center with cash they had withdrawn from a bank to pay to the organization's volunteers. Edhi said four armed men came at the center shortly afterwards and robbed the place.

"The men came and they knew exactly who had the money, where it was kept,...