Re: Karachi - now the largest Pashtun-speaking City
During General Zia’s rule, in his quest to break the PPP vote bank in Sindh the parliamentary constituency boundaries in Karachi were so arbitrarily drawn to favour the MQM to the disadvantage of others. That goes a long way to explain how the MQM always manages to “win” 90% of the seats in Karachi, despite the fact that the Urdu-speakers are only half that number. Other factors include the blatant rigging you have by the MQM and the widespread intimidation of Urdu-speakers forced to vote for the MQM. To make it a fairer playing ground for all parties in Karachi the solution is simple, for the Election Commission to redraw the constituency boundaries in Karachi as they are drawn all over the rest of Pakistan. Then you will see that most constituencies will be ethnically mixed as most areas are in Karachi and this will encourage the integration of people, with the ANP, MQM, PPP being forced to campaign across community/ethnic boundaries to win votes and seats.
In fact General Musharraf did the same when he bifurcated Hyderabad District to separate the Sindhi-speaking parts, and allow the MQM to take charge there as well.