Re: Mustafa kamal announce new party
You have to make a genuine case because Karachi has in the past voted for "all Pakistani" jamat-e-islami and look what they brought us in 'gun culture' in the eighties. Punjab still has jamiat ghundas taking over hostels that ajazali probably feels proud of as an accomplishment. I don't know if I'll ever get voting rights as an NRP but don't expect me to be excited about PTI if they don't have a valid plan except 'anti-altaf'. PPP has been anti-altaf and I can bet that local karachi chapter still is even with 'bhai bhai' on top so should I vote for them?
I would give example of hezbollah but I think MQM is a little worse than that, but look at MB and hezbollah (not really desirable parties) and how they got votes in egypt and lebanon because they do stuff on the ground. Like it or not, it was MQM under mustafa kamal (and with Musharraf's release of funds) that got the huge infrastructure improvement in karachi. People can easily compare the current PPP lot and the musharraf / kamal era and see what actually got done on the ground. PTI needs to be brave and step out for musharraf's local govt system or make more provinces including need be for karachi or more independence for big cities like karachi. To quote imran, when you play (in cricket) you always go out there to win every match.
If Jamat brought you the culture of guns, then what on earth has MQM given you in last 40 years except culture of guns? Why not oppose and reject MQM's thuggery as well?
I am sorry if people of Karachi don't have the basic decency and humanity in them that tells them that enough is enough they need to get rid of a violent mafia which has wrecked havoc in their city for last 40 years, then no amount of 'plan' or policies are enough to make them vote for you. I can't stand this self important arrogance that either find us the next Jesus Christ or Mosses to vote or let us live with absolute evil.
Electoral exercises largely dominated by 'against' votes for party than 'for' votes. Can you honestly say that there is genuine against vote in Karachi for MQM considering how Kaarachiites simply aren't interested in punishing the party even when it is at its weakest?
Let me tell you, in UK if you put a right wing racist in slightly diverse or decent areas, the whole of community comes to out to vote against him regardless of the fact whether the person standing against him is Labour or Conservative or Liberal or how less than perfect they are. It's all about choosing the lesser evil, not finding the next Pope!
Why don't so called educated Karachiites have this in them? What is this never ending love and fascination for MQM? It'll be height of dishonesty and ignorance to rule out racism and xenophobia from this love affair.
You can't keep on electing MQM again and again for generation after generation knowing their terror activities so well, and after few years expect the Army to come in clean their mess, then elect MQM again, and keep on repeating the cycle. All this has to stop.
Good for Army to realise that it is about to change the whole narrative on Muhajir nationalism, maybe then in 20 years time Karachi will catch up rest of the country be ready to embrace political competition, and be bit more open to non ethnic parties.