What is solution of violence in Karachi and Pakistan?

muqawwee123 · September 2, 2011, 7:16pm

Re: What is solution of violence in Karachi and Pakistan?

The only way to relieve Karachi of all this violence in the long run, is to take of the pressure of beings Pakistan’s sole economic hub. I think at the heart of all of this, is economics. The problem ultimately seems to be one of excessive competition for limited resources. Everything else seems to flow out of this cut throat competition for limited resources.
The issue between MQM and ANP, can be seen within this context. Here, as has often been the case in karachi, you have sudden influx of people (FATA) vying for limited job opportunities and coming into direct competition and conflict with others doing the same. The influx of so many people, of such rapid population growth, would send shock waves throughout the socio-economic fabric of much more advanced cities, let alone Karachi.

Economic growth, evenly distributed among the provinces, job creation, diversification of economic assets, creating new centers for economic growth, will go a long way in reducing the pressure on a city with already limited resources.

The crime as always has been one of Pakistans leaders putting all their eggs in one basket, instead of diversifying their investments. I realize that other countries have massive urbanization as well, take Mumbai, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, but all those countries have multiple such hubs, unllike Pakistan which only has Karachi, and Lahore to limited extent.

Very well said.