Tag: Lyari
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11 killed in Lyari Blast allegedly targeting PPP MPA Javed Nagori
11 children killed in Lyari Blast allegedly targeting PPP MPA Javed Nagori A bomb ripped through densely populated area of Lyari, Karachi, leaving at least 11 people killed. PPP MPA Javed Nagori was alleged target of the attack, he suffered some injuries from the blast. According to news report, at least 11 people killed, including…
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Complaint Numbers for registering Political Extortion in Karachi
With extortion in Karachi at its peak, people of all walks and segments of society are being forced to pay to live and work in Karachi. Bhatta and Parchi are most audible words in Karachi these days. Traders get bullets in mail, their homes and shops are attacked with grenades and their lives are constantly…
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Lyari: A Perpetual War Zone in Karachi
It’s been a long time (more than ten years) since I visited the Lyari area of Karachi, although I used to pass through it daily right up to 1998. In the last decade, gangsters have taken over the district and almost every day gang wars take place in which people are killed. But then, I…
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Lyari Gangster Rehman Dakait Killed in Police Encounter
Unlike death of Baitullah Mehsud it has been confirmed that the central figure of Lyari Gang war …