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).
[quote comment=”47296″][quote post=”701″]The MQM’s most senior leader in Pakistan, Farooq Sattar, said: “The opposition wants to show that Karachi does not belong to the MQM. We have accepted the challenge.’’[/quote]
says all.
could you provide the URL?[/quote]
Adnan, this said this on ARY news.
BTW, i Love this header. may this cute kids keep similing forever-Ameen
Jin pe Takya thaa wohi patay hawa deyney lagay
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Finally! people have seen the real face of MQM and their quaid (Altaf).
How can born pakistanies call themself Mohajirs, if they are mohajir then they are not pakistani atleast literally you can’t be by the defination of native. Anyway..
I saw their real face when I saw their gundagardi in Colleges and University in Karachi. They would beat up teenager not shy to slap girls in public either, oh yeah at times they would beat up professors. I saw all this in SSUET, how could i have lived in place where even private colleges are not safe. Remember this party runs on “batah” and “chanda”, they are looters, murders and abducters. How can people support such a party?
Prof Engr.Murtaza Hussain your students and you must have seen all this over the years.
One of their slogans was….
Karachi may rehnah hay
Jiya Mohajir Kehna hay
Let me repharse Meers poetry
Karachi jo ek sher tah Alam may intikab
usko Altaf nay looth kay veeran kardiya
[quote post=”701″]Again, seems like you’re in need of some professional help. Two groups are not merely fighting against each other. A bunch of terrorists are killing other people….denial![/quote]
Didn’t like my comment- so don’t, but Please refrain from personal attacks!!!