Five offices of banned PAC razed in Lyari

Karachi

Amid a crackdown against illegal offices of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the city, the authorities launched an operation on Saturday to demolish offices of the banned People’s Aman Committee (PAC) in Lyari.

Police said three offices were razed with the help of bulldozers in Baghdadi, Kalakot and Chakiwara localities. They said the offices had been constructed on government land.

The police further said all illegal offices of the PAC would be demolished in the city. Saturday’s action followed the completion of a survey of such offices in Lyari, Yousuf Goth, Malir and Old Golimar.

PAC leader Uzair Baloch, who had fled the country after the start of the Karachi operation in September 2013, was arrested after his return to Karachi in January this year.

Separately, three more MQM offices were demolished which had been constructed on government land illegally, according to the Anti-Encroachment Cell.