Unplugged With Guppies — Sa1eem

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Re: Unplugged With Guppies — Sa1eem

@Sa1eem

…Well, your above statement itself is result of propaganda. It seems your propaganda infected mind has developed idea that MQM uses ethnicity to propagate violence, without even questioning how a party can be ethnic that has members and office bearers coming from various ethnicities.

For instance, Muhajirs are people from provinces all over sub-continent with different ethnicity, languages and culture. Further, MQM also have office bearers and voters who are from all over Pakistan (Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, Punjab, Saraki, Swati, Pakhtuns, Makrani, Baluch, etc). So, what ethnicity you are talking about?

That is exactly why I am emphasizing NEUTRAL, INDEPENDENT and CREDIBLE studies and reports detailing MQM’s use of ethnic violence. I am sure you must be well versed in the use of Google Scholar. If you refuse to accept them, then it seems it is not MY mind that is propaganda infected.

I am also not saying MQM is the ONLY party involved in violence or ethnic violence in Pakistan. I am just saying that if MQM has to expand its presence to other parts of Pakistan, it has to reduce its reliance on power and violence to further its objectives and bring something other than victim mentality to the table to convince people to switch political loyalties. There are political parties in Punjab, for example, using tribe and family last names to gain political advantage, but they do not (generally) resort to violent means for that purpose alone. PPP has strong militant wing in Karachi and why not elsewhere? They have to move from power politics and ethnicity to something else in rest of the country.

For the most part, I agree with MQM’s politics and what it stands for and I admire the organization and management of the party, specially the marketing aspects. What I don’t agree is with the use of violence and crime to achieve what it wants. We have seen it many times already in Karachi and almost every time Altaf Hussain addresses he mentions that he is trying hard to restrain his forces otherwise they would cause havoc in Karachi. In some parts of Pakistan, MQM is considered to be not very different from other militant organizations. There has to be a very concerted effort from the party to gain acceptance elsewhere.