You cannot compare Lahore and Karachi when it comes to ethnicity. 80% of Lahore is Punjab and around 5-10% are Urdu speakers. In Karachi there are more than 7 million Pathans and like 6-7 million Urdu speakers. You can call them a mafia but what that "mafia" has done for Karachi no ANP, PPP party has done in it's lifetime.
ANP leader also vowed to turn Karachi into Kabul which we can see happening.
There's a video of Shahid syed where he openly insults Urdu speakers.
Well this is not the first time happening in Karachi, it was taken over by the mohajirs in 1947 peacefully from the Sindhis...it was NOT a mohajir city before Pakistan...
Well this is not the first time happening in Karachi, it was taken over by the mohajirs in 1947 peacefully from the Sindhis...it was NOT a mohajir city before Pakistan...
Sindhis still have all of Sindh. What do Urdu speakers have left? We know we are not very much liked here in Pakistan and some are still repenting why they left India, atleast they would be called Indians there instead of words like Muhajirs, Hindustanis etc.
both MQM and ANP at work. PPP also participate here and there to make sure their guns don't gather dust.
and PPP ~ JSQM
edit: and i believe this is not ethnic problem which started this, its pure political agenda specially for last 3 years, its pure dirty politics, that's another story that they want to hide it under the guess of ethnicity
Well this is not the first time happening in Karachi, it was taken over by the mohajirs in 1947 peacefully from the Sindhis...it was NOT a mohajir city before Pakistan...
Exactly.
Karachi was a major economic hub long before Mohajirs arrived, which is why mohajirs went there.
^ as far as internal players (and by this i mean people who are inside pakistani political mess) its very obvious... everytime that abdul rehman malik runs to karachi, who does he talk to? and when he makes a call, who's the one receiving the call??? and who later on issues statements like "we expect govt to do what they promised..." and those who "promise" something, and in return are left free to continue their corruption and enjoy the perks for few more weeks... its really very obvious...
but in terms of external players, and by this i mean people who are outside (I do NOT mean the political leaders) but have their own interests in keeping Pakistan busy in local and home grown terrorism and not be able to grow economically and remain dependent on someone for financial needs and also not be able to do much needed emphasis on issues like Kashmir etc... there are several countries in this list. its easy to figure out, but difficult to prove
To be fair people. Punjabis make up the majority in most of the country, so obviously they arent under threat, and neither do they feel as if they are under threat.. The Urdu speaking Mohajirs who have only Karachi to call their own, must be feeling as if they are being overwhelmed in the one part of the country that they consider to be their corner. Can you blame them for wanting to defend their interest when all they have is this one city?
Ofcourse violence is never an answer in any case, but as we have seen in Pakistan, its usually the one with the biggest danda that gets the biggest slice of pie. It political reality in Pakistan.
So what exactly is stopping these 'Urdu speaking' Mohajirs from settling in any part of the country? Why do they want to call Karachi their own? It's one of the largest metropolitans in the world, how can you expect it to be dominated by a single ethnicity? Last time I checked a Pakistani can live and work in any part of Pakistan.
^ pasha sahab, could not understand something, are you saying that N$ and the hukam ka ghulaam are right? or are you saying that N$ is killing people? if you mean to agree with what N$ said, then its the fault of the govt which you support, yes pee pee pee govt, and if you are saying N$ is behind the killings, then plz enlighten us with some solid pointers why he's doing this and how he managed to kill 1000s of people in karachi in last 2 years...
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Sunday urged the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo motto notice of what it called increasing number of serious crimes in Punjab and also proposed Army’s control on the province.
According to a statement issued by MQM Coordination Committee here, the Punjab has witnessed 109 percent rise in crime rate compared to the last year.
“The incidents of terrorism, killings and kidnapping for ransom are at their peak in Punjab where life and property of the people is no longer secure,” the statement said, proposing handing over of the province to the Army ‘to control the situation made worse by lawlessness, bad governance and rampant crimes’.