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Sunday, July 10, 2011




Security forces take control of Karachi’s troubled areas

* Rangers, police face no resistance in Qasba Colony and Kati Pahari
* Four more killed, over dozen injured
* At least 100 miscreants arrested, weapons recovered

By Atif Raza

KARACHI: Security forces took partial control of the troubled areas of Orangi Town, Qasba Colony and Kati Pahari where violence claimed over 65 lives with over three hundred wounded.
The troubled areas of Qasba Colony, Kati Pahari and surrounding areas of Orangi Town, where gunmen had taken positions and were in control for the past four days, were once again in the control of security forces. Various other localities of Orangi Town and other areas of the city remained tense with intermittent gunfights that claimed four more lives while dozens were injured. Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered from Pirabad police limits and shifted to morgue for identification after autopsy at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
A worker of MQM was gunned down in PIB colony. The Old Sabzi Mandi area and Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 4 were also tense as gunfights continued, in which nine people, including women and children, were injured. According to reports, heavy contingents of security forces entered Qasba Colony and Kati Pahari after getting orders from high-ups. They did not face any resistance. Police and Rangers high-ups claimed arrest of at least 100 miscreants and recovery of weapons from them. The details about the alleged terrorists booked by security forces were not disclosed.
Residents evacuated from the troubled areas claimed that not a single culprit was arrested by security forces during the operation. They said that the arrested persons were mostly bystanders and those defending themselves. The also alleged that security forces had tipped off the militants holed up in the hills before launching the operation thus allowing them to escape.
Hundreds of families have been evacuated from the troubled areas and shifted to safer places. They said surroundings of Orangi Town and various other localities remained tense and police and Rangers personnel were yet to be seen in these areas. Residents said that Rangers had regained the control of Kati Pahari, Baloch Goth, MPR colony, Bukhari Colony, Muslimabad Colony, Qasba 2½ and sector A-1, Paharganj, Umar Farooq Colony and Manghopir areas. Security forces had also taken control of Banaras Bridge but the area was still tense.

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

 

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