Adil Najam
Pictures on the television show Karachi burning. The city is at war. Morchas everywhere. Clashes, violence, firing, deaths.
The Chief Justice is holed up at the airport and the streets are ruled by mobs. Aaj TV is being fired at and Talat Hussain reports that the police and rangers are unable to get their to help because the roads are blocked (to stop the Chief Justice). Of course, these road blocks have not stopped the killers who are firing at the TV station. As of now 15 are reported dead. Over 100 seriously injured. Hospitals in Karachi have declared an emergency. The Prime Minister has called an emergency meeting of his own to respond to what the government is calling a ‘security situation’ but which sounds, smells, looks and feels like the beginning of a war on the streets of Karachi. Flights in and out of the city are stalled. Train traffic is stopped. The city seems to have descended back to its darkest days of street violence.
Meanwhile, the petty blame game continues. But things are changing too fast for one to analyze them. But one thing is certain. Things have gone out of control. Totally out of control. Totally out of everyone’s control. It is a sad sad day for all of us.
I wish I had something more profound to say. All I can hink of right now is what someone wrote on our comments section recently: Khuda Khair Karray!
(Picture credits BBC and The News and pictorial story at Bilal Zuberi’s blog; great blog coverage at Karachi Metroblog).
This is what Musharraf had to say. “Do not challenge us. We are not cowards like you, we have the power of the people”. Who is challenging whom. What people power is he talking about? His rationality and sanity is going down by the day. Is he going to live forever? Will he not die one day? Would Pakistan cease to exist if he is not in power. Now that this government has blood on their hands, we know the length to which they are willing to go to stay in power. While I don’t want to comment on the lowlives that we call MQM, we also need to know the other hidden hands behind this power struggle, and who are responsible for taking us to this abyss. It is the Chaudaries of Punjab, who first plotted to keep Musharraf in Uniform post 2007. They know that they will have no political future if Musharraf is not there. They are absolutely fighting for their political life, and need him in place. Pervez Ilahi is the mastermind behind this crisis, and having come this far, he is in no mode to let go at this point. He is now out in the open, talking about filing more references against the CJ and even other High Court judges, to make sure that the Judiciary won’t challenge the government at any stage. All the talk about contitutional nature of the matter is rubbish, and is merely an attempt to hide their agenda. One last thing; there are 2 places on this earth which are out of bounds for the Chief Justice of Pakistan; Karachi and Israel; maybe after this whole episode, the Israelis may let him in, but no not the Karachiites. No KARACHI for him. God save Pakistan.
12th May on Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_Riots
Forwarded by Awab.
The massacre of the innocents in Karachi by the MQM’s goons MUST be the final wake up call to all Pakistanis to rise up and get rid of this vile, sacrilegious Musharaff government. I appeal to all the youth to come out in every village, in every galli, in every corner to bring about Pakistan’s revolution. Please see this link,I hope it motivates us all to rise up in solidarity and rid us of the Musharaff curse. http://youtube.com/watch?v=3sW24FQ1ySo
Finally I believe all Pakistanis can be served better by a government of national unity with passionate Pakistanis who dont have a lust for power. Greats like Asma Jehangir, Ahmed Faraz Saab, Retd Justice Fakhruddin G Ibrahim & Retd Justice Wajihuddin, Dr Shahid Masood, Julius Salik , Adil Najam, Fatima Bhutto and more with the Chief Justice as Acting President and in charge of conducting free and fair elections (can you imagine the precedent set and moreover how can any opposition party question the results therafter since the CJ is revered by all)
FEIMANALLAH & PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
From BBC, Government organizing Musical shows when Karachi is burning!! Thank you musharraf !!
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As Asad suggested on KMB, it would be nice if some one like iFAQEER or Doctor Awab who are users of Wikipedia could make an entry about 5/12