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| Uzair Baloch indicted in five murder, two police encounter cases |
| 2017-04-03 |
| [DAWN] KARACHI: An antiterrorism court indicted on Saturday chief of the banned Peoples Amn Committee ... Peoples' Peace Committee is a group of brown turbans tied to the Pakn People's Party and based in Blood-soaked Karachi. It was founded by an infamous gangster, Rehman Dakait in 2008. It is accused of being involved in organized crime and gang wars. After Rehman departed this vale of tears in 2009, leadership of the group was taken over by Uzair Baloch, who is probably associated with the Tataglias or the Barzini clan. The Amn Committee was banned in Pakistain in 2011, which means precisely squat.... Uzair Jan Baloch in seven cases. The PAC chief along with alleged 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.... gangsters -- Amin Buledi, Ramzan alias Ramzani, Abdul Ghaffar alias Mama and Zubair Baloch -- has been booked in five murder cases, including the killing of an SHO, and two cases of police encounters registered during the 2012 Lyari operation. The ATC-VI judge, who is conducting the trial after amalgamating all the cases inside the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... central prison, read out charges against the accused to which they pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." and opted to contest the cases. The judge summonsed prosecution witnesses directing them to appear in court to record their evidence on April 24. Uzair Jan Baloch, who is facing multiple cases including the murder of rival gangster Arshad Pappu, was incarcerated Please don't kill me! under mysterious circumstances in January 2016. He was held under 90-day preventive detention by Rangers, who later handed him over to police. Once known for his close association with the Pakistain Peoples Party, particularly some of the PPP’s leaders, Uzair was declared proclaimed offender in over 40 cases pending before ATCs. Around 35 cases pertaining to murder, attempted murder and attack on police were registered against him and his accomplices during an operation conducted by police in Lyari in 2012. He is also facing trial along with a PPP MNA from Lyari and some coppers in the triple murder of Arshad Pappu, his brother Yasir Arafat and their confidant Juma Shera, who were killed in Lyari after being kidnapped from Defence in March 2013. |
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