Re: Tension in Karachi
In all this article, what is missing is the talk of** huge migration to Karachi**, especially from KPK, which makes the city population go up at least 6% a year. This high migration puts severe burden on resources in the city . This results in illegal land encroachments, street crimes including extortion, and terrorism.
And this creates friction among people.
The government has failed to provide people enough job opportunities in the country, especially KPK. So people are left with no choice but to look for greener pastures. The same reason that many Pakistanis leave for Europe and America.
It might be a long run solution, but** the best thing would be to improve economic conditions in KPK**. And in the short term, Karachi needs better planning and more money to compensate for this high population increase every year.
If we don’t do this then we would just keep beating the bush. It is better to go after the source of the problem rather than just cure the symptoms . No army operation, no Rehman Malik, no operation against illegal arms, can solve this problem in the long run.
Its never an easy thing to migrate, I am sure if things improve in kp people will stop migrating to Karachi. And besides Islam promotes development of other cities, if that’s done most of pakistan’s problems will be solved and there will be equal development in most of the country.