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.
Despite my earlier comment, I want to say that among all the framgentation of our society and constant bickering, someone here should have guts to spread message of peace and love too.
Among all this turmoil, let me be one to the say ‘jeeway jeeway Pakistan’ and not just ‘jeeway jeeway lawyers’ or jeeway jeeway anyother subset that will divide the society even more. I do support ‘jeeway jeeway lawyers’ and siilarly I support all other jeeways jeeways as long as they treat eachother with respect, equality and work for the betterment of common goal called Pakistan. We all love Pakistan and we have message of peace and love for all. Our ‘khameer’ is from the same ‘matti’. People from all over Pakistan are equal and brothers. We will all make the country stronger together. Once again: ‘jeeway jeeway Pakistan’
Dear Qudoos
One can believe whatever fantasy one wants to believe in. I believe, lawyers are not as ‘masoom’ and ‘mazloom’ as you are depicting them to be. ‘is hamaam mein sab’ same ‘hain’. No one is ‘holier’ than other. Lawyers come from the same society with same defects and qualities as others. And lawyers showed it in Sher Afgan episode they are definitely not above others when it comes to moral grounds. blaming it on ‘agencies and blah blah’ is like hiding your head in sand.
Many people on this forum are totally unaware of dynamics of Karachi. Looks like they’ve never been to the city in their lives.
Yes, May 9 should be investigated but don’t stop at this SELECTIVE justice on a time scale. You only want to investigate what suits you. You should also investigate how many innocents suffered in Karachi after Benzair related riots on Dec 27. You should ask for investigation from Jan 1965 when Gohar Ayub leading a procession of Ayub Khan’s victory started massacring people of Karachi, PPP’s first govt brought ‘ethnic bill’ in 1973 and more killings, second govt brought longest curfews on Karachi and further killings. Zia’s govt saw massacres of Orangi and later in Hyderabad. Nawaz Sharif brought Army operation and extra-judicial killings. so when every single ruler has brought so much killing and misery to people of Karachi, whom do you expect them to support now ?
A truly deplorable incident and i am sure such things can only be expected from terrorist organization MQM. MQM should be immediately banned and included in global terrorist organization. We all know about their activities and the way they collect ransom from the people of Karachi, who constantly live under the fear of this terrorist organization.
I also wonder from where Mr. Altaf Hussain gets his funds to finance his luxurious life in Karachi? Can he or anyone else from MQM inform us with the facts that how much he spend annually and how he earned it, keeping in mind the background from which he belongs. I strongly call on all the organizations and parties to exclude MQM from the coalition, as rightly mentioned by PML-N and labeled as terrorist organization, a rightful place for such a group.
This violence has gone out of hand. We need to do something about it and we need to stop supporting the type of thugs (MQM) who are behind this. Someone said it right, if we had tackled the May massacre in Karachi by MQM rightly, this would not have happened. It was Musharraf and his agencies and their MQM friends targetting lawyers last time and it is again Musharraf, his ISI and MQM goons doing the killing now.
The difference between Musharraf and Aitzaz Ahsan is that Musharraf is igniting teh cviolence and making it happen, and Aitzaz is begging people to stop the violence.
By the way, intersting how Karachi is burning and MUsharraf leaves on another expensive junket abroad!
This is clearly “agency” action to destabilize the lawyers movement.
But as your picture shows, Aitizaz Ahsan is rising above the pettiness of the military government and their MQM goons by calling for peace and calm.