We will contest the elections against Bilawal, says banned Peoples Amn Committee head Uzair Baloch

“We are really tired of supporting imported candidates in our area,” he said. PHOTO: NEFER SEHGAL KARACHI: For a man who has been a Bhutto loyalist election after election in Lyari, a crackdown sanctioned by the Pakistan Peoples Party government has inspired ire the likes of which no one could have expected. Uzair Baloch, who took on the mantle of the powerful Rehman Baloch aka Dakait’s group after his death, has been a central figure in the neighbourhood, which has been a traditional constituency of the PPP. But as the bullets flew between the police and resistance for a fifth day, Uzair’s anger took a nasty turn: “We will oppose...

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