Summary Rangers continued targeted in different areas of the metropolis.
(Web Desk) - Rangers in their continued operation against the targeted killers have arrested another fourteen suspects from different parts of Karachi today (Monday).
Weapons were also recovered during the operation.
Rampant violence has terrorised Karachi, Pakistan s biggest city and economic heartbeat, in recent years, but a recent security crackdown seems to have brought a lull in the bloodshed.
Kidnappings for ransom, sectarian attacks and gang warfare have spiralled since 2008, terrifying the city s 18 million inhabitants and prompting tens of thousands of businessmen to flee to the safety of Punjab province.
The city claimed a grisly record last year as 2,124 people were murdered on its streets, according to the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC), the highest number since records began nearly 20 years ago.
But an operation by police and paramilitary government Rangers in the city s tangled maze of teeming streets, launched early September on the orders of the central government, seems to be having some positive effect.
The CPLC said that in September 155 killings were reported -- down from 280 in August. With a total of 2,058 murders up to the end of September 2013 it is on course to beat last year s record, but the crackdown appears to have at least slowed the killings.
