Karachi -Fireworks over brewing security situation and targeted killings in Lyari and other parts of Karachi are expected in Sindh Assembly on Tuesday (today). The second session of the first parliamentary year of the provincial assembly would commence at 3:00 pm with Acting Speaker Shehla Raza in ...

karachiDespite ongoing violence in Karachi during polls, the outgoing ruling PPP has succeeded in securing its old fort of Lyari for the next five years.According to unofficial results, PPP candidate Shahjahan Baloch has secured 62,000 votes on NA-248 Lyari to defeat MQM’s Nabeel Gabol. ...

MQM leader Nabeel Gabol announced election boycott from NA-248 Lyari.Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he alleged PPP candidates from Lyari for hijacking polling stations, throwing out the polling staff and stamping the ballot papers.“Me and two other candidates contesting from ...

KARACHI  - Lyari has been a political fortress of the PPP and no serious threat or challenge is visible for the party’s candidate on NA-248 in the forthcoming elections. But there is difference in the present scenario as the party’s grip is slipping in the area, where its ...

There was a time when the people of Lyari held the Pakistan Peoples Party and its leaders in high esteem, particularly in the area of NA-248. But this time, it is different. It seems that the PPP candidates may not be able to draw much support from Lyari during the upcoming elections, since the ...

KARACHI  - The CID arrested two men, allegedly involved in the Lyari gang war, from Kalakot, Lyari.According to SSP CID Fayaz Khan, the arrested gang war suspects were wanted in more than 50 incidents of murder, kidnapping for ransom and dacoities. ‘They also killed three women in ...

KARACHI - The students of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University, Lyari participated in the educational festival held at the Kakri ground, Lyari organised by Lyari Resource Centre for the educational, cultural and recreational activities.The festival was visited by Vice Chancellor, Registrar, and ...

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has given approval for handing over of under construction buildings - Post Graduate Degree College (Lyari), Barrister Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Law College (Lyari), SM Lyari Secondary School (Lyari) and GR Baloch Girls Primary School/Fakir Muhammad ...

KARACHI  - The Lyari town administration has embarked upon an extensive campaign to protect citizens against ‘brain-eating’ Naegleria fowleri, said Chief Municipal Officer, Lyari, Mohammad Raisi.Addressing a public awareness seminar organized by the town administration at its ...

KARACHI - At least 22 people were killed in reaction of the killing of Lyari gangster, Rashid Bengali within five days in the surroundings of Lyari.According to details, the dispute between the two groups of Lyari gangsters was the cause of frequent killings and abduction which began on October 7, ...

KESC has clarified in a section of the press that during the first 5 days of Lyari operation, 6 out of 43 PMTs were damaged but later on 2 were repaired whereas total registered customers in Lyari were 1,80,000. Nonetheless, they did not mention, the exact number of customers (registered and ...

It is about two weeks now that we are watching Lyari of Karachi as a battleground between the law enforcement agencies and militants present there without any outcome. The situation is being handled mostly unprofessionally where we see the Karachi police firing thousands of rounds daily aiming no ...

After eight-day long operation against the suspected gangsters, the normalcy returned to Lyari on Saturday as the government halted operation for 48 hours.According to the details, the business activities were seen normal while the schools were also opened.It should be mentioned here that most of ...

QUETTA - Condemning the ongoing operation in Lyari, Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti has said the Sindh government took the action to appease its allies.“The PPP government started massacre of Balochs,” he told a press conference on Wednesday.The JWP chief said ...

The ongoing Lyari gang wars have claimed 25 lives and caused injuries to more than 60 others, during the previous three days. On Saturday many troubled spots of the area relapsed into a virtual battleground where the police officials were caught off guard when the criminals pounded them with rocket ...

KARACHI –At least 11 people including station house officer (SHO) Civil Lines were killed and 21 others injured as violence continued in Lyari on Saturday while security forces were given shoot-on-sight orders to maintain peace in the area.Lyari gangsters showed stiff resistance to security ...

KARACHI - At least six people were killed and over 28 wounded in a pitched gunbattle between police and gangsters affiliated with the outlawed People Amman Committee (PAC) in Lyari and surrounding areas. A local PPP leader Hassan Soomro was also among the dead. The bloody Monday afternoon came, as ...

KARACHI - Law-enforcement agencies have not been able to initiate the operation against Lyari gangsters since they are faced with scores of protesters, including the defunct People’s Aman Committee-backed demonstrators. Witnesses said that law enforcers could not get inside the area because ...

KARACHI - Lyari gangsters may be involved in 40 per cent killings in the commercial capital of the country, TheNation learnt reliably on Monday. Routine crime statistic of the outgoing six months of the current year revealed that over 40 per cent killings in the metropolis took place in Lyari and ...

LAHORE - A closing minutes goal by Pakistan U14 Team skipper and midfielder Muneer Aftab saw Lyari Town overcoming Kalakot 1-0 to stroll into final of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011 at Kalakot's Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park, Lyari Town, Karachi. Lyari Town will take on Singolane in the final ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Lyari Town made short work of Baluchistan's Bela 4-0 on Wednesday in Group D of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011 at Kalakot's Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park, Lyari Town, Karachi. The winners were 3-0 up at interval. Bela's defence failed to resist Muneer Ahmed's fine ...

LAHORE - Kalakot will take on Daryabad in Group-C tie on Saturday (today) at 3 PM when PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011 explode into action at Karachi's Peoples Sports Complex, Mauripur Road, Karachi. The PFF will host the event in collaboration with sponsors KESC, having 32 matches - 24 league ...

KARACHI - Scores of families from Lyari, plagued by the ongoing gang-war, have rushed to villages along coastline to take shelter with their near and dear ones, The Nation has learnt. According to reports, the government authorities have failed to convince the affected villagers of the coastal belt ...

KARACHI - Pakistan People Party (PPP) have failed to control law and order situation in its decades old strong hold Lyari where some 24 people have lost their lives in last three days in rival clashes. Sources privy to the matter told the gang war comes to end as the peace talk between the rival ...

KARACHI - The bureaucratic 'red-tape has resulted in inordinate delay of the inauguration of the first-ever medical college in Lyari, as the college has not been registered despite the end of dateline given by the President, The Nation has learnt. As per detail, the bureaucracy has neglected the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Work on North-bound section of Lyari Expressway project is still being hindered by delay in hand over of right of way (ROW) to National Highway Authority (NHA) by the City District Government of Karachi. A source in NHA told APP on Saturday if ROW is cleared the NHA can complete ...

Lyari Town, an oldest locality of the city with population around 2 millions, has turned into a safe haven for drug peddlers, pickpockets and notorious gang war. Scores of notorious persons have earned reputation as Lyari kings such as successors of Babu Dakait, Haji Lalu, Majeed Speed, Kala ...