Uzair Baloch

Uzair Jan Baloch (Urdu/balochi ڈاکٹر عزیر جان بلوچ) is a Pakistani gangster, former crime lord and head of the outlawed Peoples' Aman Committee.

[1] Baloch started off his career in politics as an independent candidate in the 2001 municipal elections for Lyari's mayorship, but lost to Habib Hassan of the Pakistan People's Party.

[3] In 2003, his father was kidnapped for ransom and brutally murdered by Arshad Pappu, son of the Lyari drug lord Haji Lalu.

[3] Arshad Pappu happened to be a rival of gangster Rehman Dakait, Uzair's first cousin, with the two involved in a bitter conflict over land and drugs in Lyari.

[2] In 2003, Uzair was arrested by a Sindh police SP Chaudhry Aslam but was later released on bail due to his links with politicians.

In February 2016, Uzair's wife Samina Baloch filed application in the Sindh High Court to seek orders for his medical examination and permission for his family members to meet him.

[7] On 7 April 2020, Uzair Baloch was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and sent to the Central Jail Karachi after the completion of a military trial against him.