ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the repositioning of the police and the "pause" has been done purely to facilitate the people of Lyari.

"We cannot put Lyari people in inconvenience because of gangsters" said a statement issued here on Saturday. "I am glad to know the life in Lyari is getting normal" he said.

The minister said it is shocking to see Nawaz Sharif showing solidarity now to the Lyari people whereas he and his messengers have been encouraging the Lyari gang wars (a prescribed organization to join PML-N).