Operation Lyari

Lyari Operation
	Part of MQM insurrection (1994-present), Karachi gang wars and Operations in Karachi
Date	April 24, 2012 to May 4, 2012; September 7, 2013 to Present
Location	Lyari, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Result	Sindh Rangers Victory ; Sindh Police failed to infiltrate in Lyari. Sindh Rangers led the Operation.; Many Gang leaders arrested/killed including Uzair Jan Baloch by Sindh Rangers.; 80% drop in Lyari crime rate.; End of direct Gang War.; Heavy amount of weapons and ammunition seized.;
Belligerents
Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sindh Rangers; Sindh Police; Frontier Constabulary (FC); Criminal Investigation Department (CID); ;	Lyari Gangs: Lyari Aman Committee (LAC) A Splinter group of (PAC); Radical Balochs; Jhengu Group; Taju Group; Faisal Pathan Group; Wasiullah Lakho Group; Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan; Political Support:; PPP; MQM;
Commanders and leaders
FIA; Saud Ahmad Mirza; CID SSP Chaudhry Aslam Khan †; Sindh Police IG Sindh Mushtaq Shah; AIG Shahid Hayat; DIG Javed Odho; DSP A.S Mirani; SHO Sajjad Mangi SHO Zulfiqar Lashari; SHO Aslam Rajput; Ghulam Sibtain †; Frontier Corps Major-General Ejaz Shahid; Inter-Services Intelligence Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar; Former Rehman Malik; Hassan Soomro †; Chakiwara SHO;	Uzair Jan Baloch Faction:; Faisal Pathan; Jabbar Jhengu; Sana Baloch †; Sheraz Comrad †; Amin Jadgal Chakiwara Wala †; Amjad Lashari †; Salman Dada †; Mulla Nazeer †; Kamran Kami Baloch; Naeem Lahoti †; Mullah Sohail †; Ali Daad Zigri; Jameel Changs; Alias Wazira (POW) Noor Mohammad, Baba Ladla † Faction:; Zahid Ladla; Shahid Rehman; Shakeel Commando; Sikander Sikku; Nasir Khan †; Gul Mohammad †; Basit alias Maut †; Moosa Baloch †; Yousuf Gojji †; Mairaj Baloch †; Younus Baloch †; Ustad Taju; Mullah Nisar; Umer Kutchi; Wasiullah Lakho; Shafi Pathan; Ismail Afhani; Shakir Ali alias Shakir Dada †
Units involved
CID (Counter Terrorist Force); Police Commandos; Lyari Task Force (LTF); Special Branch, Police (SBP); Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC)	Militants; Terrorists; Gangsters; Target Killers;
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Operation Lyari is a Pakistan Government crackdown against local gangs and other crime syndicates and part of the greater Karachi Operation.