Comments on: Karachi: cities within a city

By: Karachi Lover

Karachi Lover — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:25:54 +0000

Great ironical style to discuss the Karachi issue. Peoples are killed daily and Sindh government only acting like the UN – perhaps due to its coalition partners in the city.

By: sja

sja — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:12:56 +0000

The reflection about the city within the city, is a misnomer, actually there are three majority of three minorities, each has its own territory, rules, guards, safetyzones, and like the private water distribution authorities parallel to the local government, so see there are so many complexities, there were rumors of state with in the province and then states within karachi or whatever, THE REAL STATE OF UNION in karachi is ready unstable, let us pray that the KARACHITES BECOME ONE PAKISTANI NATION UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVT OF PAKISTAN with equality, freedoms and JUSTICE FOR ALL. Amen

By: gangadin

gangadin — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:44:53 +0000

Karachi should be divided based on ethnicity, if that will bring peace.

By: pathanoo

pathanoo — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:32:30 +0000

Any attempt at conflating Karachi with the old Greek city states is simpy false. Karachi is a non-functional anarchy where as democracy flourished out of these Greek city states.
People were not killing each other in these Greek city states. On the contrary they were bonded to each other.
What a confusing directionless article.

By: nasir

nasir — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:14:43 +0000

the author seems to be representing the feudal mindset. there is law and order situation in karachi like in rest of pakistan. there are some hidden sources changing the demography of karachi. millions of people from KP and waziristan are brought to settle in karachi, although there are large number of mega industrial cities in the way while coming to karachi. e.g lahore , faisalabad, sialkot.some forces including our judiciary implanting the futures civil war in karachi to making karachi polarize.

now lets come to the topic, there should be more governing rights transferred from province or fedral to cities.

By: adam memon

adam memon — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:42:49 +0000

Karachi is mother of Pakistan.Every body wants to settle in Karachi because of job oppurtunity but no body love his mother.

By: Mahdi

Mahdi — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:26:59 +0000

Very touchy and exact explanation of the Karachi issue. There are states within the state in Karachi. State seems to have no writ here. Karachiites have been left at the mercy of these criminals and dacoits in the guise of politicians. May Allah save this city!

By: karachi wala

karachi wala — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:37:43 +0000

every non karachite thinks by reading newspaper or watchin pml n bash mqm they are expert at situation of khi; where in reality they are 1000miles apart from whats happening in fact ppl from the largest province wld want this city to remain violent so they can get all the investments and prosperity

By: Khan

Khan — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:41:27 +0000

These non-karachiite mind set is the root cause of the problem as when they come to Karachi they consider it only as a goose who lay golden egg , and they can’t share the egg with the goose but take for themselves that too by cutting the stomach of the goose. Whenever there is a natural disaster in Pakistan people of Karachi has generously helped people of other provinces , how much help now they are providing to the victims of violence in any form?

By: Usman

Usman — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:53:30 +0000

”Each (I wish I could have highlighted this word) state in the city has its own demarcated ‘territory’ that is almost a no-go area for any other”? What an exaggeration! Once again, a very simplified and blinkered perspective about Karachi from a non-Karachiite…………