Lost but found: Chief of defunct PAC surfaces in Europe
Uzair Baloch is living with me, says Habib Jan.
It is expected that Uzair will meet Karachi-based politicians and renowned social and political personalities in London. PHOTO: FILE.
KARACHI:
The chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) Uzair Jan Baloch has reached Europe to take up Lyari issues during his meetings with different delegations.
It is expected that Uzair will meet Karachi-based politicians and renowned social and political personalities in London. Uzair is worried about the current state of Lyari and wants to go back to his people, said Habib Jan, the convenor of Friends of Lyari International, after he met Uzair on Wednesday. "I advised him not to go to Pakistan now," Habib told The Express Tribune, over the phone.
Habib managed to escape Pakistan during the launch of the April 2012 operation in Lyari. Meanwhile, Uzair left the city soon after the court issued arrest warrants against him for being involved in the murder of Lyari's notorious gangster, Arshad Pappu. Uzair threw a grand iftar party for journalists on July 24 last year, but after the court took notice of the media coverage of a murder suspect, he fled the country.
The Uzair Baloch group of Lyari has developed clashes with the Noor Muhammad alias Baba Ladla group. Hence, Uzair has been issuing statements via the media cell of the defunct PAC but he never disclosed his whereabouts.
Even on Wednesday, Habib was reluctant to share whether or not Uzair was in London. "We met outside of London," he said, denying that Uzair was living with him.
Habib explained that Uzair was in Europe to meet human rights organisations in different countries, adding that the issue in Lyari was very critical. "We are going to decide very soon the future of the Pakistan Peoples Party in Lyari," he said. "We will ask Javed Nagori, Sania Baloch and Shah Jahan Baloch to resign as the voters are not satisfied with their representatives. Lyari is burning again."
According to Uzair's close aide back home, the defunct PAC leader has reached exactly where his friends had planned. "Uzair will be in London soon and is in a comfortable position now," claimed a source. "It is better for him to be in a safer country. I hope Habib and Uzair will do something for the people of Lyari."
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2014.
The chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) Uzair Jan Baloch has reached Europe to take up Lyari issues during his meetings with different delegations.
It is expected that Uzair will meet Karachi-based politicians and renowned social and political personalities in London. Uzair is worried about the current state of Lyari and wants to go back to his people, said Habib Jan, the convenor of Friends of Lyari International, after he met Uzair on Wednesday. "I advised him not to go to Pakistan now," Habib told The Express Tribune, over the phone.
Habib managed to escape Pakistan during the launch of the April 2012 operation in Lyari. Meanwhile, Uzair left the city soon after the court issued arrest warrants against him for being involved in the murder of Lyari's notorious gangster, Arshad Pappu. Uzair threw a grand iftar party for journalists on July 24 last year, but after the court took notice of the media coverage of a murder suspect, he fled the country.
The Uzair Baloch group of Lyari has developed clashes with the Noor Muhammad alias Baba Ladla group. Hence, Uzair has been issuing statements via the media cell of the defunct PAC but he never disclosed his whereabouts.
Even on Wednesday, Habib was reluctant to share whether or not Uzair was in London. "We met outside of London," he said, denying that Uzair was living with him.
Habib explained that Uzair was in Europe to meet human rights organisations in different countries, adding that the issue in Lyari was very critical. "We are going to decide very soon the future of the Pakistan Peoples Party in Lyari," he said. "We will ask Javed Nagori, Sania Baloch and Shah Jahan Baloch to resign as the voters are not satisfied with their representatives. Lyari is burning again."
According to Uzair's close aide back home, the defunct PAC leader has reached exactly where his friends had planned. "Uzair will be in London soon and is in a comfortable position now," claimed a source. "It is better for him to be in a safer country. I hope Habib and Uzair will do something for the people of Lyari."
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2014.