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‘Sab ka Sooba, hamara kiyoon nahin’
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New controversy tries to exploit citizens
By Asghar Azad
KARACHI: ‘Sab ka Sooba, hamara kiyoon nahin - Muhajir Sooba zaroori hai’ these were some slogans printed on the walls of all five districts of Karachi, including Division East, South, West, Central and Malir. The slogans have been written by an organisation calling itself ‘Karachi Lovers’.
An eerie sense of anxiousness gripped the citizens of metropolis who read the statements written on the walls of their city on Monday.
“God save us from the opportunist politicians and their vested interests”, said a citizen after reading the statement.
SUP declared it was pre-planned by PPP govt: Chairman Sindh United Party (SUP) Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah said that any political party, except the PPP government, does not create the issue of wall chalking. He expressed these views while addressing a press conference held here at his residence at Hyder Manzil. He said that abhorrent wall chalking demanding ‘Muhajir Sooba’ is not the issue of Urdu speaking people the matter of PPP and MQM, who want to blackmail each other.
JSQM to resist any scheme to break Sindh: Chairman Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Bashir Khan Qureshi, while talking to Daily Times, said that they were observing the situation of city since long. He said a clash between Urdu and Sindhi speaking people is the wish of some political pockets, adding that JSQM will eliminate all such schemes.
Replying a query he said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is an opportunist party, which has become Sindh friendly and nationalist after leaving the government. He said it is a normal habit of MQM that when they leave the government and face troubles, they claim that they raised the issues of Sindh and were targeted for the same. He said, the MQM will neither contact JSQM after leaving the government nor will JSQM support their call. On other hand, a survey was conducted by Daily Times in which majority of Urdu speaking citizens rejected the idea of a separate province.
Iqbal, a citizen, said that some political forces want to spark a new clash in the city adding, “You, me and every sensible man knows well who is behind this conspiracy.”
Shakir Qureshi, another citizen, said it is a panic alarm for all and it is our responsibility to stop such hateful activities which cause disturbance in masses.
This is not the first time such controversial statements have appeared on the walls of metropolis. A few months ago wall chalking stating ‘Karachi hamara hai tumhara nahi; Ab bas bohat hogaya; land mafia, drug mafia Karachi khali karo etc’ were written by some group ‘Ahlyan-e-Karachi’. The government needs to find out who are these organisations claiming to be ‘Karachi Lovers’ and ‘Ahlyan-e-Karachi’ while marking controversial statements on the streets.