KARACHI: For the last several days, the densely populated neighbourhood of Lyari has been resounding with endless volleys of gunfire. A...
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arachi: One of the prime characters of the Lyari gang war, Arshad Pappu, was killed early along with his brother and an associate in Lyari.
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It is the principle of the mafia to crush rebellion whenever it emerges. A mafia leader one day gets killed, with another man ready to take his place. This situation is similar in Layari — one of the oldest towns in Karachi with a population of over one million.
In 1964, Dad Muhammad, also known as Dadal, formed a gang with his brother Sheru, who worked at Rex Cinema, and began to sell Hashish. Dad Muhammad was the father of Rehman Baloch aka Rehman Dakait. Together, Dadal and Sheru took on the biggest drug peddler in Karachi — Kala Nag. Nag was later killed in a police encounter.
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slamabad: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has announced the names of the FIA officers to probe emergency promulgated by former President Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007, say media reports.
