Targeted operations: Violent protests hit Lyari

Protestors pelt policemen with stones, traders say police has failed to secure calm and peace in Lyari.


Web Desk March 23, 2012
Targeted operations: Violent protests hit Lyari

KARACHI: Tensions mounted for the fourth consecutive day in Lyari as protestors turned violent and took to the streets against raids and operations by law enforcement agencies.

Express News reported that hand grenades were thrown at shops and hotels during early hours of the day in the Lea Market area, after which businesses were forced to close down.

Protestors pelted policemen with stones and demanded that police stop undue raids and operations. The security personnel also fired tear gas at the protestors.

Traders say that the police has failed to secure calm and peace in Lyari, which is destroying business.

According to a police source, the targeted operations have contributed to more than 15 arrests pertaining to heinous crimes.

COMMENTS (8)

Sultan khawaja | 12 years ago | Reply

@Pakistan politics: Brilliant question :D

danish ali ahmad | 12 years ago | Reply @Karachities barriers in karachi street is in self defence of residents against cell phone snatchers/ dacoits/ car lifting and other street criminals, put up by the residents themselves. Because police is totally failed in nabbing those criminals. lyari- has a low crime rate? are you halucinating? the people who live there are poorest in the city. the criminals has nothing to sntach there. on the other side, IF you have been to Lyari, then you might know the napier prostitue street, the kharadar gambling dens, the mithadar drug mafia, the chakwara alcohal factories. apart from rest of the karachi, go and look the living conditions in lyari. dont lie to yourself...
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