Summary Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on a two-day visit.
(Web Desk) - The Prime Minister will hold meetings with the Sindh political leadership including provincial Governor‚ Chief Minister‚ heads of security agencies and business community leaders to finalize a strategy to bring peace to Karachi and give a boost to the national economy.
Nawaz Sharif will also chair a special cabinet meeting in Karachi on Wednesday (September 4) to focus on flushing out criminal elements from the city through a targeted operation.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will submit a report on law and order situation in Karachi along with recommendations to restore peace in the city.
A bloody wave of killings and kidnappings has hit Karachi, a sprawling metropolis of 18 million people on the Arabian Sea and Pakistan s economic hub.
Bloody gang wars fed by ethnic and political bitterness, drugs and the Taliban, have created a culture of impunity, and the past two years have seen record death tolls.
In the first six months of 2013, 1,726 people were killed in Karachi compared with a previous high of 1,215 in the same period last year, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
