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| PPP questions security arrangements for Bilawal’s visit to Lyari |
| 2018-07-03 |
| [DAWN] Pakistain Peoples Party-Parliamentarian (PPP-P) information secretary Maula Bux Chandio has questioned inadequate security arrangements for the party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during his visit to 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.... which is a sensitive area and said it indicates ineptness on the part of caretaker government. He called upon state institutions to take notice of laxity in security and address the issue because the party leadership faced security threats and its chairman was neither an ordinary citizen nor an ordinary leader. He was speaking at a presser here on Sunday along with Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad Zubair, president of Jamaat Ulema-e-Pakistain-Noorani, where the party leaders announced seat adjustment between PPP and JUP-Noorani on NA-227, PS-66 and PS-67. Mr Chandio said that anti-PPP and anti-democracy forces were active in the area where a mob pelted convoy of PPP chairman with stones. If the situation persisted it would be disastrous for Pakistain as well as for electoral process, he said. He said the caretaker government was being brought under pressure with the result that inadequate security arrangements were made for the party chairman’s visit. |
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