So are you saying that the commercial success of Karachi has nothing to do with the Muhajirs?
Why have Gwadar, Ormara, Pasni and Jivni , not been turned into commercial hubs, despite the various unsuccesful attempts at affirmative action towards the Baluch.
And compare Lyari, which essentialy a Shidi-Sindhi-Baluch neighbourhood with working class Muhajir communities such as Korangi, Lalokhet, and Aurangi, which are much more vibrant, and people investing in their kids education. I was in Lalokhet, and was surprised at the amount of tuition centres.
Whether you like it or not, the Muhajir are a hard working community, and their contribution to Karachi and Pakistan cannot be under estimated.
Now with regards to Altaf, I have very little time for him. But in the absence of the state's willingness to protect the Muhajir community, they have little choice but to depend on the MQM. Take this recent example of Rahmat Dakait in Lyari, with out the threat the of the MQM, these Baluch would have commited atrocities on the vulnerable Muhajir communities in Osmanabad and Garden.
The same oft repeated arguments i hear from most MQM supporters. The superiority comples runs deep and gives justification claim on better resources compared to rest of the communities.
Khan bhai, come out of MQM corner meetings and try to see other side of picture also.
If muhajir community is so hard working, then what is the situation of the cousins that stayed behind in UP, CP, Delhi and Bihar? Their literacy rate is far too lower than hindus, their employment rates are pathetically low and their womenfolk the most backward. Read the sachar report and you can see how much has muhajir community gained from Pakstan.
As for the argument that Karachi would not have progressed without muhajir community, i respectfully disagree. It might have progressed a bit slowly but definitely would have been the same now, regardless of who lives in the city. Its prime reason for being vibrant city is it being the only port for decades in a country as big as Pakistan, something which has nothing to do with ethnicity of its residents.
Dhaka was nothing prior to partition, all trade of Bengal occured through Mumbai, when mumbai was no longer their, dhaka developed gradually and now has economy same as Karachi. It was not upians that made dhaka.
On the other hand the rural communities of Sindh did not get as much chance of developing after partition because of influx of better educated muhajir community that occupied most of government jobs and civil beaurocracy. The only community that was able to compete with muhajirs weer Punjabis due to their sheer numbers and thanx to Punjab university.