MQM assails government for planning ’1992 style operation’ in Karachi

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As far as I know, mqm has been until recently asking the army to side with them to root out terrorist elements from Karachi. Secondly it’s clear that they don’t want deweaponisation of Karachi.

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MQM assails government for planning ’1992 style operation’ in Karachi

MQM chief Altaf Hussain. — File Photo

KARACHI: Following a statement from Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain, the party’s Rabita Committee also assailed the government for carving out strategy of conducting ‘1992 style operation in Karachi’, DawnNews reported.

The MQM committee, in a statement issued late on Monday, said that with ‘a federal minister’ around, President Asif Ali Zardari and the government did not need any other ‘enemy.’

It said that instead of taking action against banned religious groups, which it said, were trying to create Shia-Sunni rift, this federal minister is talking about deweaponisation of Karachi.

The statement added that passing a resolution to deweaponise the city was worth mentioning.

Earlier on Monday, a resolution was passed in the Senate asking the government to deweaponise Karachi in view of the prevailing law and order situation in the metropolis.

The MQM statement also asked why the resolution only called for clearing Karachi of weapons. And why not rest of the country?

MQM chief Altaf Hussain, while speaking to party workers in Lahore and Rawalpindi, also said that conspiracies were being hatched against the party to start another operation similar to the one conducted in 1992.

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We were already thinking about it .
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/pakistan-affairs/584357-more-than-130-people-killed-in-karachi-during-the-past-two-weeks-4.html#post9258585

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Altaf has said many times that Talibans are actually responsible for situation in Karachi so why is he resisting a military strike that he has been supporting in tribal areas? Yes Karachi isn't FATA but end result is that more people are daily being killed than even FATA so why is this Taliban apologist resisting action against Talibans in karachi?

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He wants army to continue fighting Taliban while in Karachi he would like to be given a freehand to eliminate Taliban (in fact all opposition).

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I do not see any operation in Karachi until the present political dispensation continues to be in place. Zardari needs MQM and this is enough of a reason for the status quo to persist.

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Karachi is not in a vacuum. Deweaponization is not possible in Karachi alone. It is a good policy, but it should happen all across the country instead of just one city.
Even if it is fully successful, the city would again have same number of illegal weapons in a few months. Because of the flow of weapons from other parts of the country. And it is possible to stop this flow.

The only way to deweaponize Karachi is by deweaponizing the whole country.

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...which is impossible.

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^^^ If deweaponising the whole country is impossible then how come deweaponising Karachi is possible where it is believed that there are more arms and armed men than whole country?

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It has to be done step by step, city by city, probably 100% de-weaponization may not be possible but if we could eliminate 60-70% that should be a good start. Currently its only Karachi seeing every day deaths in 10s-20s.

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That's my point, he blames Talibans for the mess in Karachi and he has been talking about Talibanisation of Karachi a lot recently so now if we can't control the killings, shouldn't Altaf be asking for military action in Karachi just like tribal areas?

Personally i don't think military action is a solution to Karachi problem, i think it should be non politicized police carrying out targeted actions based on intelligence.

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Then stop thinking of deweaponization of Karachi as well. Karachi is not in a vacuum.

I would also remind everyone of the Lyari Operation, where the whole strong force of police could not enter even one kilometer after a week of extensive fighting. In the end the government had to give up, stop the operation and accepted the defeat at the hands of crimnals there.

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No one blamed Taliban alone for the mess in Karachi. It is a lie or a misunderstanding.

A lot of deaths in Karachi are due to suicide bombings by Taliban and their affiliated khariji terrorists. Would an operation stop them as well?

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No the government did not give up. Rehman Malik said that the operation has stopped for a short while and the it will be relaunched in 48 hours. I guess we still have a good few hours left.

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I have already commented on it, i don't think a military operation is a solution regardless of who the trouble maker is.

Altaf needs to be clear whether he wants operation in Karachi just like he proposes for other troubled areas?

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Ok. Then Altaf can reply to it.
But my opinion is that operation is necessary in Waziristan because it is out of control of Pakistan government and is place where terrorists get their training. The situation is such that only military can control the situation there.
This is not the case in Karachi at this moment. There are no training camps, and rangers and police are capable of bringing situation under control.

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I think the starting point should be the places which actually produce, smuggle and distribute weapons all across the country.
i don't know how we can achieve this goals when huge place like FATA remains out of control of the state.

Finally, before taking away all licensed weapons, the focus should be first towards capturing illegal weapons. Because no crime is done with a licensed weapon.

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baat kuch hazam nahee howi.

Although, I agree with you that deweaponization is more important in the north than KHI at the moment.

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Karachi has fledgling Taliban problem which should be controlled before the city becomes another Sawat. But major issue in Karachi's violence is political.
This violence is controllable if a criminal is considered a criminal without regard to his ethnicity or political background. But complete deweaponization may still not be possible. The city is too big, there are too many weapons, and there is too much political influence from various segments.

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Its surprising because I remember Altaf bhai log saying that karachi ki cleaning zaroori hai, fauj bulayee jaye? correct me if I am wrong.

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^ I cant find the news relevant to that, but I think I saw some news item from Altaf Hussain asking for some operation in Karachi.