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.
Now why MQM is violent. I remember late 80’s when PSF and APMSO used to exchange gun-fire. Jamat Islami was also fully loaded at that time. so MQM has been eveolved in end of zia era which has seen plenty of weapons.
PPP,ANP and Jamat Islami may be nice in other parts of Pakistan, but in Karachi they are also fully loaded(weapons) may be one step less then MQM.
Well I am from Karachi and I know dynamics of city as I am grown up there. MQM support is based on “reactionary” thinking in the same way many muslims supports “radical Islam”.
From 1965-1999 there is a series of unjustices with ppl of Karachi by STATE and main stream political parties specially PPP. Now MQM philosphy is like “jini out of bottle”. One has to analyze the underlying propblems to defeat this Jinni. Brutal use of force as STATE has done in 1992-1997 will make memories only worse.
The biggest underlying problem is that ppl of sind are ethinically divided in two groups. As one group is living there for centuries their right over land is accepted more by rest of Pakistan. These groups should be brought closer.
Infact Karachi is the only city where ppl of all ethinic groups lives in such large number. It has more pashtuns then Peshawar, more Baluch then Baluchistan and more sindhis then Larkana. So Karachi shows what is wrong with Pakistan. I think Karachi can be given special status as “mini-pakistan” with special government.
Rafay
All i am saying is that everyone comes from same society with similar defects and qualities. When you start blaming one city of the country or people who share one language ONLY for all ‘naa-karda’ and ‘karda’ gunaah then you are dividing Pakistan further and not helping to unite.
This is the time to talk of unity and not division or finger pointing without proofs.
@ calm down Gentelmen,
try to suggest good
solutions, local Assemblies must
must play their role. Dumb Speaker should intervene.
@aquarian,
your rhetoric is very negative for Karachi, you know well
that Karachi’s Ethnic Political Party has to answer thousands
of its own thnic members murdered by ?, Shall I start giving their names ?
No. 1 Poet Rais Amrohevi
No.2 Hakeem Said
N0.3 Takbeer’s editor Salahuddin
No.4 20.000 thousands murdered, telephonic orders to
kill and eliminate, all recorded !!
No. 5 Mr & Mrs Guljee and their domestic
and so on …………. pls stop your Baja !!