Karachi wears deserted look as businesses remain shut
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KARACHI: Life in Karachi remained at a standstill on Saturday as businesses and offices remained shut and traffic remained off the roads as fear and panic that had set in on Friday evening lasted today, DawnNews reported.
On Friday, routine life in Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas had come to a halt following intermittent firing by unidentified youths who wanted to ensure a complete closure.
In Karachi, the areas of North Karachi, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Malir, Jahangir Road, Nazimabad as well as Saddar remained closed and the localities gave a deserted look.
Most public events scheduled for Saturday in the city were postponed and shops and businesses remained closed. Moreover, public transport was scarce and in several areas absent from the roads.
Furthermore, the annual elections of the Karachi Bar Association, scheduled for today, were postponed to Dec 19 as lawyers could not reach the city courts’ premises to cast their votes.
Although MQM has best intentions and interest of majority of Urdu Speaking People, but their tactics to show strength and policy of confrontation is damaging tor their image with rest of the country. They should not have the policies of isolation and actions causing hardship to general public. How many times can they close or disrupt economic activity? Eventually it will cause the loss of support of sympathetic business community and educated supporters; and Federal Government may end up try resolving through force. Showing up at the court, what does that give them, in fact what did it give Sharif Brothers; when their followers showed up at the court? Karachi has legitimate beef with Federal which must be resolved through collective bargaining instead of show of force from either side. Know when to hold the and know when to fold them!
in my opinion, the karachi police are the root cause of karachi’s destruction – from IG to low grade policewala are hand in glove in coruptions and sympathisers of the criminals – local police stations are sold on highest bids, how can one expect peace and harmony in karachi – how does the chief justice not aware of all this activities?
MQM is making a big mistake. Show of street power may work with the governments but not with the courts. In fact it may backfire.
This is the time to change. If we continue to elect our current leaders, we will be crying for the next 5-10 years. This is the time to stop the nonsense and hope for a better future. The power is still in our hands to vote maturely, sincerely and honestly. Otherwise, we will continue to wait for miracles. Miracles won’t happen now because we have already left Allah’s rope.
Some European writers are continuously misusing the word “Jihads” in their book. For example Thomas Asbridge, Senior lecturer in the Medieval History at Queen Mary University in London has used some dozen times the word Jihad his book “The Crusades” (2010) unnecessarily. Instead calling a Muslim as a Muslim he preferred to use the term Jihadis in this 767-page history book. This is clearly a sign of prejudice. The fact is that the European Crusaders won the First Crusade (1095 AC), but lost the rest 7 Crusades. There were total 8 Crusades with Arabs (Muslims of Palastine) and Europeans.
anyone who lives in Sindh especially in Karachi now knows the game, and the game is that, the Islamabad wants Karachi its satellite state, it isn’t true that the epics court of Pakistan only wants re-verification of voters in Karachi, and also alter and modification of electoral seats in Karachi? and for that purpose they only ordered for the deployment of Pakistan Army? why it is happening in Karachi?? it clearly shows they wants to turn Karachi into insurgency, like wise in Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa and Fata. So, the Islamabad should ready to face, the entire elimination of Pakistaniyaat from Karachi and Sindh.
G.Dastagir Advocate,