Re: Mustafa kamal announce new party
So when people say that Karachi has been invaded, we should understand the context in which people say such things. For the Urdu speaking community, Karachi is their only place within Pakistan. The importance of the city to the community cant be understated. Unlike the Punjabis Sindhis Pukhtuns and Baloch, there is no other city or province where the can migrate too... Its not an insult to punjabis when people say they have invaded Karachi, its an expression of frustration and of insecurity, because it means loss of employment and access to resources for a community for whom that city is a lifeline.
A friend of mine from Karachi told me he supports the PTI on a national level, but votes for the MQM locally... And its simply because in Karachi, its the MQM that guarantees him a fair share for his community.
Are you honestly being serious? Nice try at making racial xenophobia such a poetic thing. I guess Muhajirs who call non Muhajirs as invaders and outsiders also had/have no problem when Sindhi nationalists calls them outsiders and invaders for coming in to their province and taking their jobs which sadly became the starting point of consequent ethnic tensions.
Sorry to burst the bubble, but in the West the words like 'invaders' to describe other ethnic groups are used by illiterate, violent, racist and extreme right wing skinheads not self proclaimed 'educated and civilised' community. Instead of condemning the mindset, you are justifying it or making excuses for it? MQM in 40 years had killed roughly the same number of people as Taliban had killed in last 10 years - vast majority of them belonging to Muhajir group. So really who are you trying to kid by saying MQM is the only option to safeguard the interest of Muhajirs? Have they got rid of the quota system despite being in bed with every single ruler government - be it democratic or dictatorship? Yes once a upon time there came a dictator who in order to prolong his rule pumped unprecedented and unregulated funds into Karachi, and MQM got some work done. Bravo! The money they got for brown nosing a dictator is their only notable service to the Muhajir community.
Keep trying to say it is okay to view other ethnic groups as invaders, and they shouldn't take an offence. As per your post, Muhajirs may not have much sense of belonging to the rest of Pakistan other than Karachi, but for rest of Pakistanis, the country belongs to everybody. As free citizens, they have every right to go wherever they like.
Yes the racial xenophobia that exists within Muhajir community may be inter generational, and rooted in some period bound context, but if you start condemning this mindset now, and educate people about how disgusting and dangerous it is - maybe this sense of racism won't get passed down to another generation. You have to break the cycle somewhere, and somehow.
FYI. There are plenty of Muhajirs in Punjab, in particular in Lahore, and they get on with other communities just fine. In fact it is quite professional ad integrated community, and since Punjab doesn't have the language chip on the shoulder like Sindh has, Muhajirs in Punjab have found a really peaceful and comfortable living there. But I have seen LB flyers of MQM on Twitter with writing saying *'Suno Muhajiro - Karachi humara aik hi thikana he - peeche Punjab he or aage Samundar'- *This is some sick level of ethno-fascist territorial propaganda and if you think this is all fine and dandy, then don't make me write a thesis explaining how Nazi propaganda made Germans believe that violent fascist murderers were their only hope for survival and supremacy. Never underestimate the power of propaganda.
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As countrymen you should make an effort to see the MQM perpective on things and understand why they do the things they do instead of labeling them as terrorists... Their politics may not be wholesome, but it stems from something very basic and genuine. The need to safeguard the interests of your own people in an environment where resources are scarce, and where such interests are often overlooked.
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My friend I trust your profound wisdom and gifted intelligence to kindly explain me the noble MQM perspective behind slow roasting 260 poor factory workers (including females and children) because their owners did not pay extortion money. I expect you to fully explain to me how it was not an act of terrorism but just a random burning of people to safeguard the 'interests' of their community.
