Karachi the city of lights is home to 20.3 million individuals, each from a different background, culture and ethnicity.

It is one of the world’s most ethnically diverse cities fostering many communities such as the Parsis, the muhajirs and the Sindhis. Yet, Karachi remains a city of stark contrasts vibrant and teeming with life, also harboring a dark undercurrent of lawlessness. It is home to a multitude of malefactors, perpetrators of heinous crimes such as murder, armed robbery, and sexual violence. Karachi has had a long and checkered history, from being the nation’s capital in the sixties to being the witness of gang wars in the 2000s this city has seen it all.

While the armed forces have effectively suppressed the violent gang wars, homicides, and bomb blasts that plagued Karachi between 2008 and 2013, there remains a pressing need to enhance the city’s security situation. Karachi’s security situation faces four main challenges each of which has its own dynamics,........

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