Karachi: Soon after PPP representative Malik Mohammad Khan was shot dead in Lyari, MNA Nabeel Gabol visited the Civil Hospital to calm down his family and friends.
He said that “there is no doubt that Peoples Aman Committee is behind the blatant murder” of Khan.“I have got confirmed reports that during the rally by the PPP representatives, Ameen Buledi and Zahid Ladla, brother of Baba Ladla, came towards Khan and opened fire at him that caused his death,” he said.
Khan, who was considered to be the right-hand man of Gabol, was reported to have had “major disagreements” with Uzair Baloch, head of the defunct Peoples Aman Committee (PAC).
Gabol said there were 10 more unidentified men with Buledi and Ladla whom the police were looking for. He said that since the time the PAC was formed he had warned the Home Ministry that it would create “serious trouble” for the party in the coming days.
Calling the operation “insufficient”, he said the police did not have enough weapons to fight with the “heavily armed criminals.” Though the police openly admitted the fact and apparently asked help from the Rangers, Gabol said so far their role had been “quite mysterious.”
“Frankly, there is no success in the recent operation in Lyari. We know the people and their hideouts but are helpless when it comes to using force against them. Interestingly, Rangers are not taking any part in the search operations at all, which is mysterious.”
However, Gabol believed that there were two or three more factors involved in Lyari, which was exacerbating the violence.“We have reports that there are people from the proscribed Sipah-e-Sahaba as well as members of dreaded Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) hiding in Lyari,” he said, adding that these elements were being helped and protected by Uzair Baloch.
As for arresting criminals, Gabol said this time around the government was willing to “clean Lyari from unwanted people and restore peace.”
