Uzair Baloch arrested in Dubai, confirms Pakistani consulate

E-Paper | February 24, 2026

KARACHI: The Pakistani consulate in Dubai confirmed on Monday that Uzair Baloch, a notorious leader of the Lyari gang war, has been arrested by Interpol at Dubai airport.

Baloch was traveling from Muscat to Dubai, when the arrest took place. Previously, he was sentenced to imprisonment in Pakistan but was not arrested.

Sources said that the Lyari gang war leader will be extradited to Pakistan within 30 days.

More on this: Warrants for arrest of Uzair Baloch, Baba Ladla

In 2012, a court warranted for the arrest of two leaders of the banned People’s Aman Committee including Uzair Baloch and an alleged member of the proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army in illicit weapons cases.

The police claimed to have detained the suspects in 2012 and alleged that the explosive stuff and illicit weapons were found in their possessions and they were involved in supplying arms and ammunition to criminals associated with the Lyari gang warfare.

Uzair Baloch had been declared a proclaimed offender in the case and the court had ruled that proceedings against the offender would be conducted in absentia under Section 19 (10) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.

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Hasan Hasni

Dec 29, 2014 05:59pm

Will trial be held in Military Court or Sindh Chief Minister House?

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Dec 29, 2014 06:06pm

Nice Job, At last his free day's ended. Get other gangster and hang them,that will be end of Layari gangsters life. Let's see if he he didn't break the jail.

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Calcutta Man

Dec 29, 2014 06:21pm

Good...now get Dawood

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responsible

Dec 29, 2014 06:24pm

Now our courts will release him. No worries.

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Jade

Dec 29, 2014 06:26pm

Great job, the camel is under the weight of the mountain now!

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Umer Ali

Dec 29, 2014 06:37pm

There will be two thing in Liyari today. One is the Balochee Dance. The other is firing among these groups.

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waleedfakhar

Dec 29, 2014 06:47pm

why so late?he should have been executed long ago.and we know who called him and lyari gangsters as their kids and which party kept patronizing them.he alongside his fellow mates cut the throats of innocent people who went lyari but never came.may the truth prevail and justice happen.

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Naxalite

Dec 29, 2014 07:07pm

@Calcutta Man Look in Mumbai

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Syed Asif

Dec 29, 2014 07:09pm

He is not only one

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Jay

Dec 29, 2014 07:15pm

Does someone have the guts to convict and hang him?

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Key Points

Dec 29, 2014 07:31pm

Military Court Please.

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Wachucha

Dec 29, 2014 07:40pm

Who is funding these thugs and how it could be so easy for them to get visas of DUBAI and other Gulf states at will. Why these foreign funded militants are not on ECL and why their passports are not cancelled.

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Altaf, England

Dec 29, 2014 07:51pm

String him up to make an example of him. Also, Karachi is being held to ransom by the like of this man so we need to get those culprits as well. Only then will we start on the road to rid the country of violent thuggery that blights the hard working Pakistanis.

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Abbas

Dec 29, 2014 08:04pm

Need an iron hand to straighten their faces. Face the music

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AJamal

Dec 29, 2014 08:22pm

@responsible. It was not our courts that released him. He is a jiyala of PPP.

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dawn

Dec 29, 2014 08:22pm

Extradited to Pakistan .................and released!

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IBN E ASHFAQUE

Dec 29, 2014 08:30pm

Relax nothing will happen. He is one of the Gullu Butts of PPP. He will get a light sentence and will merrily carry on. All political parties in Pakistan are infested with criminals. Uzair is just the tip of the iceberg and the ugly but real face of democracy in Pakistan.

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A. Hyder,Ph.D.

Dec 29, 2014 08:31pm

He will be extradited to Pakistan so he can be promptly released by some honourable justice. End of that story and beginning of a fresh chapter in terrorism. Pakistani courts are hands in gloves with the terrorists. There are numerous examples.

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Ali

Dec 29, 2014 08:31pm

Did anyone noticed how he became the person he is now? The incompetent police force of karachi.

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Aisha

Dec 29, 2014 08:56pm

He was supposed to be on the exit control list, ECL. How did he leave Pakistan?

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oskhan

Dec 29, 2014 08:58pm

@Calcutta Man why?

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muhammad

Dec 29, 2014 09:06pm

Wait and see how the whole PPP will come to his rescue if ever a fair trial be conducted a list of very important names will be surfaced

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Qas

Dec 29, 2014 09:13pm

He is a quite dangerous man! I've read about him and he has a lot of power indeed.

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Calcutta Man

Dec 29, 2014 09:17pm

@oskhan Google it

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TKhan

Dec 29, 2014 09:18pm

It is amazing how we Pakistanis make a petty thief a Hero. And headlines exaggerate the arrest as the Most Dangerous Man. Come on guys he was just a street hustler with a gun, that's it.

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ag babar

Dec 29, 2014 09:37pm

@aisha , he was using iranian passport

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Kanwarch

Dec 29, 2014 09:40pm

Bad news is that he will be extradited back to Pakistan where one of the political parties will get him released. Problem solved. Good luck to people of Pakistan.

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Abdul

Dec 29, 2014 09:53pm

@oskhan Google it

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Janu 100% German

Dec 29, 2014 09:55pm

As a PPP supporter, I believe he must be punished if the law finds him guilty!

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J. Ahmed

Dec 29, 2014 11:26pm

Uzair - don't worry, come back to Pakistan...The courts are there to support you and like yours...

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Raaz

Dec 30, 2014 12:02am

Don't worry - he will be produced in the civil court, he and his gang will threaten the Judge and will be released in an hour for not finding any evidence. This is the sad situation in Pakistan of our court system.

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NASR

Dec 30, 2014 12:12am

@Qas That is why he was able to flee to UAE

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Asad

Dec 30, 2014 12:23am

He should be sent to Iran so they can hang this gangster right away. His sympathizers in PPP will set him free.

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Kurd. A

Dec 30, 2014 12:24am

Was there any reason that this convicted criminal Uzair Baloch was not arrested while he was in Karachi. I think PPP Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah must answer this question.

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Kanwarch

Dec 30, 2014 12:29am

@Aisha Are u surprised? Here in Pakistan the former interior minister roams Karachi in a car without a number plate. Does this answer your question? Criminals are in power in Pakistan.

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proPaki

Dec 30, 2014 12:40am

Nice Job! but why Pakistani Govt. don't ask the help of Interpol to arrest ALTAF Husain, he is also convicted criminal.

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Nizamuddin Ahmad Aali

Dec 30, 2014 01:28am

If I were the investigative officer, I will ask only one question. Who is paying for your travels, hotels and lavish living out of country. Catch that culprit even he is a prominent politician. Mr. Baloch should be tried in military court for murders.

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Nadir

Dec 30, 2014 01:31am

He is now in favour of PTI that why PPP will not protect him anymore. And he knows lots of secrets about PPP politicians for which PPP will must punish him just for their own protection. Clash between Ladla n Uzair Group was just a political game... Weapons n Licenses were issued in PPP Govt. in huge quantity... Why?

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Key Points

Dec 30, 2014 01:34am

@Wachucha I guess MONEY talks?

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Yawar

Dec 30, 2014 01:38am

@responsible that is why we need military tribunals to deal with such scum

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Key Points

Dec 30, 2014 01:42am

@Raaz You may be right. Yes, lack of evidence and witness afraid to show up on court date is usual story. So much for justice system. Too much political influence in almost every segment of life? No wonder criminals & bhatta khores roaming streets without any fear & poor tax payers of pakistan do not get service from government office they deserve. Very sad, country is going down, down and down.

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Mirza

Dec 30, 2014 02:08am

He s a PPP guy supported by none other than Dr. Mirza.

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Jami

Dec 30, 2014 03:25am

@Ali. No Mr. Ali, Police was nothing, even rangers were silent in front of him 2 years before. He was supported from Islamabad Presidency. No one can even think to touch this guy and all Lyari grange leaders, believe me or not. I know Lyari well.

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doniya

Dec 30, 2014 06:28am

what pakistani police couldn't do, dubai police did it, bravo!

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DAANISH

Dec 30, 2014 06:55am

@A. Hyder,Ph.D. Sorry to say that judiciary cannot convict some one as it please. The police and its investigative branch is responsible to make a strong case. Sadly our police and investigative departments are infested by criminals. I will blame MQM, PPP,PML,PTI,JUI,ANP for the political mess in my country.

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DAANISH

Dec 30, 2014 06:58am

Can we bring back Altaf Hussain by Interpol too?

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Asad

Dec 30, 2014 08:09am

Please please please do not extradite this criminal to pakistan as he will be set free soon enough by the the corrupt pakistani judicial system. Let the Dubai judicial system handle the case.

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ali

Dec 30, 2014 09:25am

He should be tried in a military court otherwise he will be out on bail.

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Sharjeel Khan

Dec 30, 2014 10:48am

@Calcutta Man Who is she?

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farhan

Dec 30, 2014 10:52am

@Calcutta Man davood is indian national lol its your problem. Why your govt is not approaching UAE authorities? You have to put your house in order u wont get anything by blaming Pakistan. If you think its our job to find your criminals then handover your country to us lol

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muhammad

Dec 30, 2014 05:46pm

@ag babar Still he was on exit control list and when a person is on exit control list he cannot leave the country on any passport until and unless with the connivance / collusion of people in power

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Ilyas

Dec 30, 2014 11:46pm

@Hasan Hasni NO no, it will be in drawing room of Zulifikar Mirza, the spiritual father of Lyari Aman Committee.

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Imtiaz

Dec 31, 2014 01:54am

Can we bring back Altaf Hussain by Interpol too?

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Dr K

Dec 31, 2014 09:42am

@Naxalite Right cause that is where Osama too was hiding :)

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Independent

Dec 31, 2014 05:20pm

@Naxalite : Why is the Pakistani Government transferring him from Karachi ?

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