Adil Najam
This photograph of lawyer leader Aitzaz Ahsan on top of an ambulance putting his hand together and begging for peace and a stop to the needless violence by some who are ’supposedly’ his supporters, speaks volumes. It speaks volumes about Aitizaz Ahsan; volumes about the culture of anger and violence that has gripped Pakistan, and volumes about the the state of Pakistan politics. A sense of anger and angst continues to define Pakistan.
Read also, Aitizaz Ahsan’s letter to his fellow lawyers, back in December.
Whether the violence is the result of nefarious ‘agency’ designs to discredit the lawyers movement or the disgruntlement of frustrations within the movement, it does not bode well for the country and for democracy in the country. It may serve the short-term interests of some, but it cannot be in the long-term interests of Pakistan.
The pictures (above) of mayhem and violence on the streets of Pakistan are are equally articulate about the state of affairs in Pakistan.
Whoever is involved in this wave of violence did not like PPP and MQM forming a joint government in Sindh.If MQM has some smart people they will soon realize this and do what is best for them and the country otherwise Shuj of Gujrat and Mush will be very happy.
@ commentators,
I am seriously thinking of writing a nazm on
” Jamaatikholia or Jamaatophobia ”
will be at your disposal very soon !!
keh dushmanon ko, ho ja’aiy khabar !!!!
I was just watching a program by Dr. Javed Ghamidi on education in Pakistan and he very well said that pahlay Insaan banao, phir musalman banao….
muslaman to pehlay hi naam kay rahgaye thay, ab insaaniyat bhi khatam hoti jaarahi hai……..
burning cars is not enough, we protest by burning people alive….
kaun insaaf day, sabhi aik say aik hain….
I am not pointing fingers at any party especially MQM but I really don’t understand their reaction to all this, it seems they r not much interested in solving it and moving forward as whenever someone brings up the point of inquiring 12th May along with 9th April, their rhetoric is to go all the way back to their bad old days.
if nothing happens in Karachi without MQM, then they have a stake in this and timing is perfect just before the musical chairs session….
PPP should not lose this by messing around with the vote mandate….
Adil Bhai,
Your post hits the nail on the head. We seem forever in crisis mainly of our own design.
Pakistan is still bleeding, the fire is still burning and needs to be extinguished, my post written at the death of Mohtarma is still as valid and I will share it here to provide another viewpoint to aid the discussion, do have a read:
http://www.otherpakistan.org/pakistan-is-bleeding. html
Feimanallah
Wasim
Let’s see where this violence came form…Jammat Islami instigated sectarian violence in 1953 and again in 1974 killing scores of innocent people. Then the 1977 anti Bhutto movement supported by America. MQM was not even born then. Seems to me Jammat Islmai is the mother of all violence in Pakistani politics.
Rafay,
You left Karachi in golden time. I left Karachi in 2000 and have seen all blood shed between 1984-1999.
I have seen when armed ANP and armed MQM were killing people of opoosite ethinic group in 1986. I have seen when PPP and MQM abducted hundreds of each other student and core cammander of Sind negotiated deal between them.
I have seen when thousand of MQM workers were killed by police in locker rooms.
Since late era of zia with afghan refugees and weapon culture, politics of Karachi has been changed to violence and Jamat Islami is no exception. They may have killed less ppl then MQM but they are lethal even with broken “coca-cola bottles and dont hold higher ethical ground.
@Faraz Waseem,
I have no right to doubt your sincerity, for me its
very difficult to judge the situations in Pak-Politics, but
I believe in diversity of opinions and appriciating such
and such party, but its been long that I have lost confidence
in Pak popular political parties, total deception.
Being a Karachiite, born there, educated, left in 74 after
my B.Com, we never saw arms in colleges or KU, I was
elected speaker of College union, went several times KU
for meetings with Ustads icons of KU etc. but never saw
one pistol, there were some hooliganism always, but not
open.
I admit, I can not judge the evolution took place
for the last three decades in Karachi’s Politics.
I totally agree with you on eliminating ” Us & them ” mentality.