“The federal interior minister on Thursday told the national assembly that the first phase of the law enforcement agencies’ operation in Karachi was over and 9,000 suspects were arrested during crackdowns over the past two months. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the interior minister, said that the first phase was over and now the second phase of the operation was in progress in this restive city, which has gone through years of contract killings on a political, sectarian, and ethnic basis.”
Source: 9,000 suspected criminals arrested in Karachi operation | GulfNews.com
