Separate encounters kill three gang war members in Karachi

E-Paper | July 29, 2026

KARACHI: At least three gang war members were killed on Thursday in separate police and Rangers encounters in the Napier and Lyari areas of Karachi.

Upon receiving a tip-off about the presence of suspects in the city's Napier area, police conducted a raid which resulted in an exchange of fire with suspects. The exchange led to the killing of Kashif alias mota was killed.

According to police, the deceased was a member of the Sohail Dada gang war group and was allegedly involved in murder, attempted murder and other serious crimes.

Meanwhile in Lyari’s Baghdadi area, two alleged gang war members were killed in an encounter with Rangers personnel.

The two were associated with Lyari’s Shiraz Comrade group and were allegedly involved in targeted killings and a number of other serious crimes.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered from their possession.

The incidents come weeks after Ghaffar Niazi, a gangster associated with the gang war in Lyari, was killed in a police encounter in Lyari Town's Moosa Lane.

Karachi, the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan, is riddled with targeted killings, gang wars, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism.

Targeted operations led by Rangers’ forces with the support of police are ongoing in the city under a directive issued by the federal government against criminals already identified by federal, military and civilian agencies.

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Omar

Jul 10, 2014 11:05am

Might be time to establish a gang-unit like other major metropolitan cities in the world. We need to invest more money into our police and provide them with proper resources, improved saleries and modern equipment to better combat the criminals. Also Pakistani people need to be more pro-active and report suspicious activity to the police. We need to act as the eyes/ears of our police service because in the end we are the first line ahead of the police.

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usman civil 01-08-2013

Jul 10, 2014 11:17am

Good. Just go ahead with others.

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Ali S

Jul 10, 2014 06:15pm

@Omar What's more important than proper resources, better salaries and equipment for the police is that the police are chosen on merit and want to serve the community they're posted in - not appointed on political basis. And the police should actually be doing 'police work' (i.e. following up leads, surveillance and intelligence gathering) instead of being posted on VVIP duty and collecting bribes. In the absence of a functioning police force, any additional funding will only serve to line the pockets of the corrupt few.

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