7 hurt as KRC rally attacked
KARACHI: At least seven people, including a woman, were wounded when Kachhi Rabita Committee (KRC) protest rally came under attack by armed men on Mauripur road.
KRC blamed People’s Amn Committee (PAC) and Lyari’s gangsters for the attack and demanded of the government to take stern action against the gangsters mafia in Lyari.
The attack on KRC rally also triggered violence, which soon spread out in different parts of Lyari, including Khadda market, Moosa Lane, Ghanchi Para, Machi Miani Market, Jatoi Muhalla and Nayaabad, where routine and commercial activities were suspended and intense firing continued. Residents of the affected areas remained confined to their homes.
Hundreds of KRC protestors came under attack, when they under the presence of a heavy contingent of police were trying to march towards the Chief Minister’s House.
Reports said that they staged a protest on Mauripur road against the banned People’s Amn Committee as well as Lyari’s gangsters believing that Lyari’s gangster mafia under the supervision of former Home Minister Sindh Zulfiqar Mirza was responsible for the increasing crime, killings of innocent people and kidnapping for ransom. The protestors also blocked the main Mauripur road by erecting barricades.
KRC claimed that Lyari’s gangsters had occupied dozen of houses owned by the Kacchi community in parts of Lyari including Jatoi Muhalla, Nayaabad and others areas during and after the recent violence in Lyari and its surrounding areas that claimed nearly ten lives and wounded several others.
KRC further said that the residents, whose houses had been occupied by gangsters, were compelled to stay in their relatives’ houses and the authorities were not taking any action in this regard.
According to KRC spokesperson Zahid Lohar, KRC would continue to protests against gangsters mafia until peace in Lyari was restored completely, adding that the gangsters attacked the rally when police failed to stop the protesters to march towards the CM House to record their protest.
Following the indiscriminate firing, over a half dozen people, including a woman, were injured and they were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi for treatment. The injured included Bilal, Siddique, Khurram, Irfan, Akhter, Rafiq and Farida Bibi.
According to protesters, police allegedly allowed gangsters to attack KRC rally as there was a heavy contingent of law enforcers and the gangster opened fire in front of the police.
Meanwhile, a similar protest by KRC was also held at Merewether Tower. Those protesters were also moving towards the CM House but the heavy contingent of police stopped them.
KRC blamed People’s Amn Committee (PAC) and Lyari’s gangsters for the attack and demanded of the government to take stern action against the gangsters mafia in Lyari.
The attack on KRC rally also triggered violence, which soon spread out in different parts of Lyari, including Khadda market, Moosa Lane, Ghanchi Para, Machi Miani Market, Jatoi Muhalla and Nayaabad, where routine and commercial activities were suspended and intense firing continued. Residents of the affected areas remained confined to their homes.
Hundreds of KRC protestors came under attack, when they under the presence of a heavy contingent of police were trying to march towards the Chief Minister’s House.
Reports said that they staged a protest on Mauripur road against the banned People’s Amn Committee as well as Lyari’s gangsters believing that Lyari’s gangster mafia under the supervision of former Home Minister Sindh Zulfiqar Mirza was responsible for the increasing crime, killings of innocent people and kidnapping for ransom. The protestors also blocked the main Mauripur road by erecting barricades.
KRC claimed that Lyari’s gangsters had occupied dozen of houses owned by the Kacchi community in parts of Lyari including Jatoi Muhalla, Nayaabad and others areas during and after the recent violence in Lyari and its surrounding areas that claimed nearly ten lives and wounded several others.
KRC further said that the residents, whose houses had been occupied by gangsters, were compelled to stay in their relatives’ houses and the authorities were not taking any action in this regard.
According to KRC spokesperson Zahid Lohar, KRC would continue to protests against gangsters mafia until peace in Lyari was restored completely, adding that the gangsters attacked the rally when police failed to stop the protesters to march towards the CM House to record their protest.
Following the indiscriminate firing, over a half dozen people, including a woman, were injured and they were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi for treatment. The injured included Bilal, Siddique, Khurram, Irfan, Akhter, Rafiq and Farida Bibi.
According to protesters, police allegedly allowed gangsters to attack KRC rally as there was a heavy contingent of law enforcers and the gangster opened fire in front of the police.
Meanwhile, a similar protest by KRC was also held at Merewether Tower. Those protesters were also moving towards the CM House but the heavy contingent of police stopped them.
Woman among seven injured in Khi firing
KARACHI: Seven people including a woman were injured in a clash between armed men at Maripur road, Geo News reported. After the incident traffic was suspended on Maripur road.
According to details, a rally was being taken out from Maripur to CM house by the Katchi Rabitta Committee against extortion and target killing when a clash took place between armed men and participants of the rally near the Peoples Football Stadium.
After the incident the clash between two armed groups continued near Dua hotel and Hungoorah neighborhood and firing is still being reported.
According to details, a rally was being taken out from Maripur to CM house by the Katchi Rabitta Committee against extortion and target killing when a clash took place between armed men and participants of the rally near the Peoples Football Stadium.
After the incident the clash between two armed groups continued near Dua hotel and Hungoorah neighborhood and firing is still being reported.
Four injured in Khadda, Baghdadi, Lee market firing
KARACHI: At least four passengers were injured in firing on a bus in Lee Market area while firing is continue in many localities of Old City, Geo News reported on Monday.
According to details, unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on a passenger bus as result four people sustained bullet injures. The injured were rushed to Civil hospital.
Firing in Kharadar, Napier road, Lee market, Baghdadi and Khada market has created panic among the people. Trade and business centres are also shut in these areas.
Police have asked for extra contingent for these areas.
Meanwhile, residents of Maripur staged a protest demonstration against the firing incident and blocked the road for vehicular traffic.
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Intense firing between two rival groups paralyzes Lyari again
KARACHI: Lyari area is once again witnessing violence and has been paralyzed this morning as two factions locked their horns in exchange of intense firing
Armed gunmen are roaming the streets of Lyari and there is no one stopping them. Frightened people are unable to move out and are confined to their houses.
All shops and other business activities have been closed in Lyari, Khadda Market, Naya Abad, Mossa Lane and adjacent areas as heavy exchange of fire between the gunmen of the rival groups continues in these areas.
Heavy contingents of police and Rangers are present in the area but they are reluctant to go in to control the situation or engage the culprits.
Prior to the eruption of firing, people in Lyari, Khadda Market and Naya Abad took out a protest rally on Mauripur Road and blocked it.
On one side armed miscreants' firing continues inside Lyari and its adjacent areas while on Mauripur Road, a protest of people belonging to the same area is under way.
Armed gunmen are roaming the streets of Lyari and there is no one stopping them. Frightened people are unable to move out and are confined to their houses.
All shops and other business activities have been closed in Lyari, Khadda Market, Naya Abad, Mossa Lane and adjacent areas as heavy exchange of fire between the gunmen of the rival groups continues in these areas.
Heavy contingents of police and Rangers are present in the area but they are reluctant to go in to control the situation or engage the culprits.
Prior to the eruption of firing, people in Lyari, Khadda Market and Naya Abad took out a protest rally on Mauripur Road and blocked it.
On one side armed miscreants' firing continues inside Lyari and its adjacent areas while on Mauripur Road, a protest of people belonging to the same area is under way.
