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by baybal2 2105 days ago
While I find the discussion of who is worse of PPP or MQM beyond meaningless, I want to state that this mean little when city's administration was effectively defunct for decades.

Up until around 2015, the de-facto Mayor slash Don of Karachi was Altaf Bhai, and Liyari gangs were his revenue department.

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Only in the land of pure:

> Pakistan: Karachi mayor to run office from prison

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/pakistan-karachi-mayo...