Cultural/Ethnic Bias

[muqawwee123]

Re: Cultural/Ethnic Bias

@khoji

You did not state that ‘obvious’ reason. But let me tell you that the reason of choosing MQM by most Urdu speaking people was not the lack of trust but the perceived lack of economic opportunities.

The same reason is the cause of people’s choosing parties all over Pakistan. Be it PMLN in Northern Punjab or PTI/ANP in KP, or PPP in Sindh and Seraiki Belt. Just singling out one party and one community is unfair.

Karachi is mini Pakistan. Actually, mini South Asian Subcontinent. People in Karachi have always experienced different cultures and languages. So contrary to your claim, if one digs deeper, one will find that the reason of choosing different parties is not the lack of trust.

Its just saying things in different way. Lack of trust and encashing people’s fear that other ethnicity will control the resources and deprive you from your rights lead to blind support for parties who play ethnic cards. I didn’t single out one community or a party. Its common between MQM and PPP and nationalist parties are doing the same. Its just making people fool by chanting mere slogans for people’s rights.

In Current elections, PPP ne apna thooka huwa chaata by agreeing to amending local government ordinance, which was like a holy scripture for them few months back and making changes in it was like a blasphemy instead of agitation across Sindh. This was done for playing ethnic card easily in their election campaign in Sindh. MQM also didn’t have anything better than playing ethnic cards during its election campaign and Altaf’s statement just after election ‘Karachi ka mandate pasand nahin to Karachi ko alag kard do’ doesn’t show any tolerance of this urban feudal lord. Its clear cut playing ethnic card.

When people still follow and support such parties shows that daal main boht kuch kaala hai.