Residents of Bloody Karachi's...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
Lyari
...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot....
area protested on Friday against the raid operations of the law enforcement agencies, DawnNews reported.
Protestors resorted to stone pelting, arson and gun sex.
Police fired teargas shells to disperse the crowd, upon which the agitated protestors attacked a police armoured vehicle with a petrol bomb and set it on fire.
However,
a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package...
teargas shelling was intensified after the police were attacked and the locality echoed with the sound of increased gun firing.
Police were successful in dispersing the protestors after five hours, where as tyres were burnt in Naya'abad, Kamila Stop and Khadda market areas of Lyari.
Protestors complained that the police were harassing the area residents, arresting innocent people where as criminals roamed scot free.
Police claimed to have locked away more than a dozen agitators and additional police was deployed in the affected areas.