![]() ![]() Now, this will allow more youngsters to go for the guns and drugs.” As it is, poverty and lack of employment opportunities has been frustrating the residents of Lyari for years. After the brutal killing of five men from Lyari, many employers have asked their Baloch workforce not to come to work as security cannot be guaranteed. “But it’s not only the killings that are worrying us. Of the ethnic violence and gang war in the area, he says its “political in nature with extortionists calling the shots.” However, the media is hell bent on creating a hostile picture and there is no one willing to share our stories.” We have all kinds of ethnic groups living in the same neighborhood we share each other’s sorrows and happiness together. Lyari was never a ‘No Go’ area for anyone. ![]() Talking about the recent turn of events that have once again shoved Lyari into the limelight for all the wrong reasons, he says, “The media is very biased and polarised. Please stop Lyari’s media trail,” said Raza (not his real name), a 23 years old student who runs a net café in the area. “I’m a Baloch from Lyari and I’m not a gangster. Living in abject poverty with little means to sustain their day to day existence, the locals feel that broken promises of their elected representatives and the media are responsible for the crisis that this area faces. Why is it that it’s only Lyari that is being targeted and termed as a ‘gangsters’ town?” Visibly frustrated at the way things were going on in the city, he said, “If the Rangers operation is necessary it has to be across the board. “Despite the hype we see about Lyari’s gangs and goons, I was never hurt or threatened by any Baloch in Lyari. #I am gangster driverA driver by profession, Mohammad, 33, belongs to the Katchi community and is a resident of Old Kumhar wara. “Our locality and its inhabitants are being singled out as being part of a gang war that is sabotaging peace in the city,” said Mohammad. KARACHI: On a seemingly calm Sunday, when the Rangers’ operation in the city’s oldest quarter was on and Zulfiqar Mirza was making headlines with his diatribe, many in Lyari felt that their voices were not being heard by the politicians and the media. Local residents shout slogans on a street during an operation by Pakistani paramilitary rangers against criminal gangs in Lyari early on August 24, 2011. ![]()
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