Re: Minister Zulfiqar mirza resigns! And makes serious allegations on Altaf Hussain
Zulfiqar Mirza is corrupt to core and now losing his mental state fast. I have been to Karachi and returned couple of weeks back.
For instance, Ahsanabad once considered a very safe society and reasonably managed. I have few plots (each of 400 Yds) in Ahsanabad bought in 70s and 80s. Two to three years back they were worth around Rs 4 million (40 lac) each. Plots that were commercial were worth around 7 to 10 million. Now, PPP land grabbers declared that society is built on land belonging to an old goth, and making that an excuse have illegally occupied it. Society management is fighting case in court. [This is the method PPP is using to grab lands in Karachi, that they declare society is built on non-existing goth lands ... goth that was never there but claim is made regardless and declaration is made that government allocation of those lands to society at the time of allocation was illegal]. I am told that these land grabbers are men of Zulfiqar Mirza.
Some part of Ahsanabad is safe as once PPP started grabbing lands in society, MQM opened their office in Ahsanabad and started provided resistance, saving some plots from getting grabbed. This can be confirmed by anyone living in Karachi too, by visiting the site.
Now, what goons of PPP have done is that they have made walls all around big part of Ahsanabad and changed every plot markings. Anyone wanting to visit their plots or do construction, they could not do that. These people also grabbed built-up houses and flats in Ahsanabad scaring the residents to leave. Some people were killed by these goons when wanting to construct on their lands or not leaving their already constructed houses.
Actually, these things are happening at many places in Karachi where PPP and ANP goons are grabbing plots but I mentioned Ahsanabad as I am directed effected by it and know the situation first hand. Anyone who ever has doubt on what I mentioned and live in Karachi, they can go to Ahsanabad and confirm that themselves and find out the person behind those land grabbing.
[Problem with Pakhtuns is that, most arrivals from NWFP (and many from Afghanistan) to Karachi are penniless labourers. They have no place to live other than slums on free grabbed lands at outer skirt of Karachi. Having no money to buy into Karachi developed areas they rely mostly on scaring or killing residents of built-up area and grabbing their dwellings. ANP with the help of their party goons, considering them as their vote bank, helps them in this respect].
Now coming to the problem of PPP in Sindh and why PPP is worried and why all the killings are happening in Karachi.
Situation in Sindh is that corrupt government of PPP is losing their support very fast in their Karachi strongholds (PPP have 6 seats in Karachi) and also all over other parts of Sindh, as they have done nothing for people other than corruption and abuses. Party that is increasing their influence fast is MQM, not only in Karachi but all over Sindh amongst Sindhi speaking as well as Baloch, Punjabi and Pakhtun voters, where many voters who were traditionally voters of PPP or other parties are joining MQM. In last election (2008), PPP got around 3.5 million votes in Sindh whereas MQM got just over 2.5 million votes.
Numerical situation in SIndh Assembly is that, PPP got 72 out of 130 elected seats in 2008 (and that also with help of 'jali votes' and sympathy votes due to BB death). PPP only need to lose 8 seats to become minority and lose Sindh government. PPP has 6 seats in Karachi and expect to lose few to MQM in next election. PPP is also expected to lose many provincial assembly seats to MQM in other parts of Sindh too. MQM has 39 seats but expect to make substantial gain in next election.
It is expected that next government of Sindh could be of MQM [probably in coalition with PML (presently 8 seats), PML-F(presently 6 seats) and NNP (presently 3 seats)] .
Zulfiqar Mirza thinks that killings in Karachi and blaming MQM for that would create ethnic rift in Sindh and thus fearing MQM rise, Sindhi, Baloch and Pakhtun voters in Sindh would not vote MQM, rather they would take refuge in voting PPP, thus would make MQM popularity weaker. Zulfiqar Mirza also thinks that these killing and blaming MQM would make MQM lose votes in Karachi too. Hence all the killings perpetrated by PPP and front man Zulfiqar Mirza.
Note: Karachi demography at present is:
Muhajirs:
Urdu speaking Muhajirs: ~ 50 percent
Non-Urdu speaking Muhajirs (Gujrati, Marathi, Kathiawari, Memoni, Bengali, Persian, and others): ~ 20 percent.
Punjabis (many are Muhajir of East Punjab): ~13 percent
Pathans (many are from Afghanistan): ~10 percent
Sindhis: ~5 percnet
Makranis/Balochs: ~2 percent
Some Sindhis, some Balochs, some Punjabis and most Pathans are non-voters in Karachi as they are registered as voters in their home places in Balochistan, interior Sindh, Punjab and NWFP (Afghans and large number of Bengali and Persian settlers have no voting right).
Anyhow ... MQM in Karachi does not only get votes from majority of Urdu speaking Muhajirs (around 50 percent of Karachi’s population) and Muhajir communities speaking Gujrati, Marathi, Kathiawari, Memoni, Bengali, Persian, and others (consisting around 20 percent of population) ... but MQM gets most votes from Karachiets who are Punjabis (around 13 percent) and substantial votes of Pathans (10 percent). MQM also get some votes from Sindhis and Balochies living in Karachi (around 7 percent of population).
As usual 10 pages of crape, rumors and lies nothing substantial. The outburst against Zulfiqar Mirza is only because he has exposed boldly the terrorism of mqm and got released the target killers from jails by mqm. What you are saying about Mirza's corruption is nothing but your prejudice thinking. Inview of inlvolvement of mqm killing of Imran Farooq, which will ultimately lead to your beloved pir bhaghorrha of landan sharif has made the minds of mqm people really numb and dumb. And yes Don of London was escaping to South Africa:)
