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).
I am totally agreed with “”HAQ PARAST”” and “”NASIR””.
Karachi is a part of Pakistan and the opinion of people by vote must be accepted and regarded rather than to repeat the same foolish story of getting vote on gun point. Niether gans are made in Karachi nor people of Karachi are involve in smuggling of these items. The people who are involve in these activities are belongs to the same chips of blocks consist of traffic, relegious, narcotics, drug and kachi abadi mafafia.
Putting blame of every thing on MQM is not fare, believe me, not fare. Just OWN THE KARACHI and things will be seen easier and smooth.
Again intrigue by Panjab,Chowdries are playing game like Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif was playing against Musharraf.
Q-league trying to keep away PPP/Musharraf deal.
MQM targeted to directly target Musharraf.
MQM and Altaf are nobles than many leaders and never have done things which opponent are being fabricated. After 1992 operation, MQM boycotted the election and people did not come out and JA won the election by very minor votes. Then when MQM took part in election, the guns were in hand of Army, not in hands of MQM, even then people voted for MQM. So stop alleged propaganda against MQM.
Since 1986, world is being watched the voting opinion of this region, every body is not a fool. Can it be possible that every time since 1986, MQM getting votes on gun points???
Its not a matter of what MQM is doing and what others are doing, it’s a matter of accepting vote bank of some parts of Pakistan and not acknowledging vote bank of other parts of the country.
Imran has said nothing but the truth regarding MQM. MQM Mafia responds by alleging that Imran fornicated in his youth. Well, let’s suppose that is true, is a man you committed zina in the folly of his youth and is now repentant the moral equivalent of murderous gangsters who have terrorised a city for two whole decades?
Didn’t Altaf sound like hysterical Mulla in Muharram?
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article= 97029&d=4&m=6&y=2007
Altaf Is a Mafia Don, Says Ahsan Rashid
By Siraj Wahab
sirajwahab@arabnews.com
Published in Arab News on June 4, 2007.
JEDDAH, 4 June 2007 â€
and now the media is going to suffer the consequences of all happenings in Karachi and Pakistan,,,,God bless us all !