considered to be fairly harmless towards the local population. In the late 1970s, Lyari gave rise to its own music scene, known as "Lyari Disco." Lyari in the 70s also became a haven for drug traffickers who could avoid law enforcement agencies in the localities narrow lanes. By the 1980s, weapons from the Afghan-Soviet war arrived in Lyari, and drug-addiction became widespread. Some locals allege that drugs were pushed into the neighborhood by the regime of Zia-ul-Haq in retaliation for Lyari's opposition to his rule. In 1987, Benazir Bhutto was elected to the National Assembly from a seat in Lyari. In the 1980s and 1990s, Lyaris gangster became entwined with local politicians. The PPP supported the gang of Uzair Baloch and Rehman Dakait to confrom the MQM-back Arshad Pappu. In 2001, Lyari was amalgamated into Lyari Town - an administrative division that was officially reversed in 2013. During that period, Lyari was cut off from sources of revenue and "economically lucrative" areas in Karachi's District South, as it was made into its own municipality during that era. The formation of the town system was seen to purposefully impact Lyari in a negative manner because administrative division were largely controlled by the MQM, whereas Lyari had been a bastion of the rival PPP. Crime and violence emanating from Lyari began to take hold over much of Karachi in a manner that had not been seen in previous decades, when violence in Lyari was mostly confined to Lyari itself. 3,251 people were killed in Karachi by 2013. In 2013, a military-backed operation sought to pacify Lyari in which over 1,000 were apprehended. In 2014, the city was ranked the 6th most dangerous city in the world. After success of the operation, crime fell drastically in Karachi, and the city was ranked 93rd most dangerous in mid-2020. In 2018, Lyari voted for Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, breaking a 48 year streak of PPP rule. After the PPP's defeat at the local level, the provincial government (which is still controlled by the PPP) began to invest in infrastructure improvements in a bid to regain loyalty to the PPP. Demography The very first inhabitants of Lyari were Sindhi fishermen and Baloch nomads. Lyari Town is home of the majority Kutchi speaking people. Lyari is unique in Karachi for its high percentage of residents who are Balochi speakers - upwards for 40-50%. After Karachi was