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Yes . These all mess is created by army itself . And it will continue till they go back to their duty . Defense only .
wen they wanted to concentrate on defence,but u forget that our ppl in times of mess call on army to take over...as they were calling kiyani .....
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Lets call a spade a spade , MQM is the originator of this Bhatta Khori culture , and at a highly organized well planned Scale , Not just Bhata Khori , but many firsts ,like target killing , elimination of any possible , real or imaginary threat , and spin doctoring with selective quotes, highly distorted version , exaggeration , half truths and plain un ashamed Lies , beating even the propagandist master such as Goebels by miles .
here is an Editorial from " Dailytimes " musing over this Irony where Pot is calling the Kettle Black ..
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[Kings of Karachi staging a drama: Nisar](http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-40360-Kings-of-Karachi-staging-a-drama:-Nisar)
I remember a story about one of our presidents MAJ GENERAL(H) SIKANDAR mIRZA .
When he was a political agent in an agency of FATA ,There were complaints against him about misuse of government funds .An audit team was sent to probe . The team reached and stayed at reast house there . Mirza asked his friends ,the tribal elders and they kept firing whole night around the rest house > In the morning the poor civilan auditors requsted Mirza to arrange there safe return . No audit could be done .
I have read stories about change of portfalue of Rahman Malik .
Now you think .
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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.
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This statement of Nisar doesnt make any difference, at the moment MQM is allies of PPP so all’s well (in the government’s circles), tomorrow they will join PMLN and Nisar will become quiet and PPP will be uttering these statements. No one has any interests for what x, y or z has got to say we have got a problem whats the solution? Does Nisar have the solution?
Before it might have been associated with MQM but now every one has chipped in, therefore the problem wont be resolved by just pointing fingers on one party.
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They are fed up of giving bhatta to one chor commander, Rehman Malik and go to the other chor commander of Karachi.
**So they have agreed to create yet another super chor commander. DGISI should have flatly refused to meet these so called delegation. It is none of his business. They are paying bhattas to mqm for the last three decades, what is the problem now? Where were they when CJ was listening target killings case in Karachi?
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MQM has this habit of 'zananapan' drameybaazi, which is why they go out there start praising Zardari (who in their right mind would do that if they were sincere to the country), protest about Dr. Aafia after Altaf's exile in London faces uncertainty or protesting bhattakhori or terrorism which they actually coined in Karachi. You will see their Fat Pir/Don Altaf Hussaain all of a sudden dance or show up drunk in front of a camera in a 6 hour long 'pressss kaaanference' so what do you expect from a party with such a drameybaaz joker at the helm?
Nothing to do with the topic and in no way helping the city woes.
bus mauqa mila aur Altaf ko gaalian deni shuroo. That's what I said earlier. Some people make money from Karachi but do everything to destroy the city.
*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.
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Nothing but verbal fa*ting. Nothing to do with the topic and in no way helping the city woes.
bus mauqa mila aur Altaf ko gaalian deni shuroo. That's what I said earlier. Some people make money from Karachi but do everything to destroy the city. While business community is agitating to stop extortion, these people are busy abusing MQM and giving no support t
**Because mqm is father founder of bhatta khori in Karachi.
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Nothing but abuse of Altaf. Not related to the topic at all. Just "dil ke phapholay".
As always, no care shown to the city from which these people make money. If these people had any love for the city then they would have supported the calls to get rid of street crimes. But instead of stopping these crimes they would rather bash MQM.
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**Because mqm is father founder of bhatta khori in Karachi.
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They might be the pioneers of bhatta khori agreed, who is involved in it nowadays?
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“father founder”? What kind of language is that?
The topic here is not what MQM is, rather the topic is getting rid of extortion in the city.
But obviously, PPP YSEA would let go of no opportunity to abuse MQM or Urdu speakers. If they had any love lost for the city which feeds them then they would have supported the calls to get rid of these crimes.
Karachi’s businessmen are crying for help to get rid of this extortion. And the only party that came forward to help them is MQM. Unfortunate for MQM bashers. There was no one else who paid heed to this problem which has risen so much after PPP goons from Lyari were supported by Mirza.
Mir said the traders had held several meetings with the police department but to no avail, compelling the businessmen for a mass agitation, adding that the traders had even paid the police to establish Community Police Centres (CPCs) in all parts of the city for protection of traders but without any positive results.
All Pakistan Organisation of Small and Cottage Industries (APOSCI) President Mehmood Hamid told Pakistan Today that his association would launch a protest march from the Jama Cloth Market to the Merewether Tower and later stage a sit-in outside the Central Police Office (CPO) on March 20 against extortion. “Over 15,000 small and cottage industries in the city are facing threats from extortionists over non-payment of bhatta (extortion).”
Talking with Pakistan Today, Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) President Irshad Bukhari said the transporters also observed a wheel-jam strike on the call of traders. “The transporter members of AKTI did not bring out their vehicles on the road in solidarity with the traders as they are also receiving threats from extortionists.”
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Unfortunately the motto of people's party is "since others are corrupt therefore peoples party is corrupt", and now it seems since others are bhatta khors therefore peoples party is...
this sadly is not the solution of the problem, the federal as well as provincial governments both are with PPP, its their responsibility to remove the extortionists to what ever parties they might belong...its the failure of the provincial govt if they cant solve the problem.
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Nothing but abuse of Altaf. Not related to the topic at all. Just "dil ke phapholay".
As always, no care shown to the city from which these people make money. If these people had any love for the city then they would have supported the calls to get rid of street crimes. But instead of stopping these crimes they would rather bash MQM.
lol when the very person who steals from me starts protesting about my theft, Im supposed to admire him? hahahah
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[note]NO personal attacks![/note]
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I don't understand this philosophy of Love of MQM = Love of Karachi & Urdu Speaking Community.. When you talk about Bhatta in Karachi, you will have to point out MQM alongwith others and as many of us have said its of no use that a Thief is crying 'Chor Chor Chor' after theft.
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This statement of Nisar doesnt make any difference, at the moment MQM is allies of PPP so all's well (in the government's circles), tomorrow they will join PMLN and Nisar will become quiet and PPP will be uttering these statements. No one has any interests for what x, y or z has got to say we have got a problem whats the solution? Does Nisar have the solution?
Before it might have been associated with MQM but now every one has chipped in, therefore the problem wont be resolved by just pointing fingers on one party.
You are right .
I have seen 'Dirtiest politician of the world' and his 'Nirralles' silent on the issue of MQM at the time of Karachi Jalsah till now .Before that we still remember their cries and hope like all fail parties ,they will start it soon .
Democracy is working and all parties including MQM are coming out of the grip of establishment and agencies .
You can ask IK to join Zardari or Nawz for some relief .
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^ The obsession with IK and PTI although they have got nothing to do with the dynamics of the city!
BTW what solution have you got for the issue being discussed in this thread?
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Ali Syed, now dont delete this but the solution is simple, dearest MQM shouldnt be just protesting stuff that they are openly indulged in, but should lead by example and should put an end to their own bhattakhori to begin with. Like I said a thief protesting theft is something that people would only laugh at, including other thieves if you are so hell bent on proving there are other parties involved in bhattakhori.
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^ The obsession with IK and PTI although they have got nothing to do with the dynamics of the city!
BTW what solution have you got for the issue being discussed in this thread?
No, they have. Since IK did his so called sucessful jalsa in Karachi, he never uttered a single word on bhatta khori and target killings by mqm in Karachi. And mqm took all the credit of his so called sucessful jalsa in Karachi:)
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The woes of business community in Karachi
The first paragraph will make some admirers of Zulfiqar Mirza happy:
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****KARACHI: **The financial hub of the country may not remain a lucrative money-making metropolis for much longer if its business community continues to face hardships. ****Government taxes and surcharges pale in comparison to the extortion mafia.
**Businessmen are receiving ‘bhatta parchis’ or extortion receipts from mafia groups across the city who demand money to provide them protection but threaten them with dire consequences if the demands are not met. The minimum a shopkeeper has to pay on average is around Rs25,000 – an amount which often increases depending on the size of the business and the earnings.
(Read: Extortion: Pay up or die!)](Extortion: Pay up or die!)
The helpless marble and hardware shopkeepers of Gulbahar and Pakistan Colony staged a protest recently against the extortion mafia by shutting down their businesses for the entire day.
Abu Essa, a sanitary goods shop owner, was targeted by the elusive mafia extortionists, and according to the shopkeepers on the other side of road, they heard a few bullets being fired followed by people shouting and running after the miscreants. There were about four assailants on two motorcycles.
One of the shopkeepers in the area said: “The extortion mafia, particularly from the Gulbahar marble market in Golimar, is earning millions. Everyone here pays protection money but there was a proper process. But what happened [on Tuesday] was terrible.
“Now it’s up to us to do business in this situation or be forced to leave.”
The All-Pakistan Tiles and Sanitary Merchants Association have already registered the case in the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (KCCI) special cell and the police.
The KCCI has set up a special cell to deal with the menace of extortion threats. Cases are referred to the Special Investigative Unit (SIU). Also involved is the National Crisis Management Cell for extortion that was specially set up and works under the Federal Investigation Agency in coordination with the SIU.
These groups are aided by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC). “Even with limited technical facilities we have successfully solved half of the cases and are working on others,” said CPLC chief Ahmed Chinoy. But, he adds that unregistered SIM cards are a thorn in their side. Criminals are virtually impossible to locate when they use them.
Not all mafia members use ‘bhatta parchis’. **Some send letters, empty bullet casing and in some instances even coffins with blood. **To make matters worse, the businesses pay up 90% of the time and don’t go to the police to file a case. “Most of the calls are coming from the South zone while the East and West zones of Karachi are also included,” said Chinoy. The CPLC registers at least 10 cases a day and more or less 1,800 cases so far this year.
The Karachi Traders Action Committee (KTAC) along with other associates have given 48 ultimatums to the government and has written a letter to Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah to take stern action against the extortionists – threatening to shut down all the 300 markets in Karachi indefinitely.
KTAC’s Siddiq Memon claims that the extortionists are earning nearly Rs50 million a day, collectively from 300 markets all over the city. Memon, while talking to The Express Tribune, said, “We are helpless because no one is doing anything for us except ourselves.
“The extortionists have made our life hell and we want to live freely but we desperately need government’s assistance.” They used to get 2,500 police constables every year after the 10th of Ramazan but this year the government has not even deployed a single constable in the markets, he lamented.
Following a protest in April, a few initiatives were taken by the authorities and the extortion cases were given to the SIU but no real progress appeared to have been made.
All Karachi Tajir Ittehad chariman Ateeq Meer told The Express Tribune: “No one is ready to do anything for us and it’s been ages since we [the business community] have been voicing our concerns. The government is doing little to alleviate our woes.”
He added, “The people who are harassing the business community are so brave that they storm into the shops, demand money and leave without any consequences. The culprits are mostly from Orangi, Katti Pahari and Lyari.”
Gulbahar, Pakistan Colony, Burns road, Saddar, Kharadar, Meethadar, Keamari, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and many other business hubs of the metropolis are still under threat and the KCCI continues to seek government assistance without much response.
KCCI president Mohammad Saeed Shafiq put it simply: “We just want a simple answer from the government: Will they protect us or not? Should we find some other way to guard ourselves?”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27[SUP]th[/SUP], 2011.