Re: Bhatta mafia in karachi…
MQM bashing once again. Not paying attention to the topic at all.
I think MQM has been involved in bhatta most probably, but it never was as organized and well planned as it is today. I don’t recall people getting killed for not giving bhatta a few years back.
I think it all started after Zulfiqar Mirza created Amn Committee to teach MQM and its supporters some lessons.
What is surprising (or maybe not) is that the people who claim to truly represent city have given no support to the calls of stopping of all bhatta and other street crimes in the city. This exposes them fully.
The city economy is being ransacked by bhatta-mafia but these claimants of the city are busy bashing MQM instead of actually helping the city get rid of these crimes.
There were no strikes in the city by the businessmen against bhatta as it is happening today.
http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/15/marble-units-announce-shutdown.html
KARACHI: Marble factories in Manghopir area have decided to close down their units on March 17 to protest against rising incidents of extortion (bhatta), kidnapping and killing for ransom, etc.“We will close down around 300 units on Saturday as the government and law enforcement agencies are not serious in providing security to the business community and general public,” chairman All Pakistan Marble Mining and Processing and Export Industries Association Sanaullah Khan said on Wednesday, adding that law enforcement agencies were playing the role of silent spectators only.He told Dawn that it had become a routine that unidentified individuals enter the factories and hand over extortion slips of heavy amounts. In other cases, some people also phone the industrialists seeking huge money. In case of non-compliance these elements resort to firing at the factories.Sanaullah said that three police stations usually cover Mangophir and its surrounding areas but they failed in providing effective security to the industries. He claimed that many industrialists have stopped visiting their units for security reasons.
**President Karachi Tajir Ittehad Atiq Mir said many traders have started changing their mobile phone numbers **in view of lingering fear for their life and their families. Besides, many shop owners try to stay away from their shops while others have started keeping licence weapons for their security.
**Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has already sent an SOS to the president and the prime minister **that members of the business community and delegations from various markets of Karachi were daily approaching the KCCI complaining and protesting about life threats to them by the criminal elements.