Jailed Gangster Uzair Baloch’s Brother Zubair Shot in Karachi’s Lyari; Critically Injured

Zubair Baloch, the brother of Uzair Baloch, the head of the now-defunct People’s Aman Committee and a Pakistani mobster, was shot on Thursday night in Lyari, Pakistan. According to reports, Baloch’s condition is critical. He was brought to the city’s Civil Hospital after being wounded in the chest and abdomen, according to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn. The shooting also injured two onlookers.

The shooters, who were riding a motorcycle, disguised their faces and ran away after a shopkeeper fired back, according to the Dawn report. Senior police officer Syed Asad Raza claimed that Baloch was not inside his house at the time.

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According to reports, Zubair Baloch was detained in 2012 and freed in January of last year. According to sources, the authorities are looking into the incident from a number of perspectives, including personal animosity and gang rivalry.

Zubair Baloch joined a “political party” a few months ago and flew its flags in the neighborhood, according to a Lyari social activist who spoke to Dawn.

The activist added that there were rumors that after the US-Iran war, some gangsters who had escaped to Dubai and Iran during the “Karachi operation” had returned.

According to reports, locals are concerned about a potential resurgence of gang conflicts.

In 2012, counter-insurgency operations against criminals in Pakistan were centered in Karachi’s post city of Lyari. According to Dawn, the police began their “Grand Operation” in 2012.

Twenty individuals, including six police officers, died during the more than five-day operation. After the police operation, some 150 families are said to have left Lyari.

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had no future in Karachi, according to Uzair Baloch in 2012, since the party’s hold on the Lyari vote-bank had become much weaker.

Uzair Baloch’s bail requests in seven instances involving murder, police encounters, and explosives possession were denied by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) in March.

In 2012, Uzair Baloch and others were charged with using explosives and firearms to target law enforcement officers under the control of the Kalakot police station.

In April 2020, a court found Uzair Baloch guilty of spying and sentenced him to 12 years in jail.

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