Will we find peace in Karachi?

E-Paper | June 13, 2026

ONLY the other day my younger brother, who was back from Karachi, once peaceful and beautiful city of Sindh, asked me a very important question: “Shall we find peace in Karachi?”

To this crucial question I quoted the golden words of Robert Fulghum, who once said: “Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.”

Alas! the government has not been able to come up to the expectation of the people in this regard, though it is about to complete its five-year term. Civil society organisations must come forward and force the state machinery to use all necessary means to protect the lives of people and their properties in the commercial hub of the country.

HASHIM ABRO Islamabad

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Tariq

Feb 18, 2013 02:32am

Peace is the responsibility of the Govt. how come it's the responsibility of common citizen, who is totally crushed by the situation in Karachi, what's the duty of police, rangers, intelligence agencies, and the bosses of these institutions who are getting millions of rupees in their salaries and not fulfilling their duties, just telling Robert Fulghum qoute would not solve the problem

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Husain Jan

Feb 18, 2013 12:40am

Highly politicized police is one of the major reasons for continued unrest in the city of Karachi. Few high police officers have spoken about this on occasions. The IG and CCPO mentioned this in SC too. Despite SC orders to depoliticize nothing at all seems to have been done in this respect. Whose fault ?

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Tahir

Feb 17, 2013 03:49am

Peace is something you make as you quite rightly quoted. Hence I would hate to put the onus entirely on the government alone. It is a collective effort and should come from the people that forms a nation.

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