At long last, Sindh appears to have launched a long-overdue operation against the infamous dacoits entrenched for decades in the Kaccha areas of the province. Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjhaar’s announcement of a major operation, with the Sindh police and Rangers taking the lead in clearing these riverine zones, marks a decisive shift after years of hesitation. The demand for such an operation has echoed for a long time across wide sections of the public and the intelligentsia, frustrated by the state’s apparent paralysis in the face of organised criminality.

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Years of leniency,........

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