Zaidi Qasim said:
Zainabia:
I could only write what I experienced in Karachi.(1) if I lived in Punjab and saw the same attitude of another party, my voice would also be the same.But it is not about geoghaphical location .It is the attitude of the party and their defenders to defend blindly the party policies which are destroying us as a nation. Have any party other than the MQM came in to existance to defend only one sect within the Pakistan ( MUHAJIR QUOMI MOVEMENT) ? We have enough of the problems already exist within our country let alone worry about the communities's difference to be exploited everyday and battles raging to determine the guilty on Karachi's streets daily.
[2] Now to your other point that Pakistan has a Ghunda culture. I do agree with you that this is indeed the case. However, how would you continue to act like ghunda within the system and yet claim to be making a difference ? And this is the case with MQM.It might also be true in other parties case, but nevertheless, this could not be condone and let parties be hypocrates and get away with it. In order to change this culture, you either reject it altogether and adopt a much reformed policies or shut your mouth and carry on without claiming to be a party of change and principles.Neither of these two rules are followed by MQM and yet they feel proud of what they have done to Pakistan in the past including helping dictators and maligning Pakistan in India and apologizing to hindus for the creation of this coutry. How could you forgive their leader and praise him to be a patriotic Pakistani after his notorious speech in India ?
Qasim Zaidi Brother,
(1) In my humble opinion, it would be big mistake to comapre the situation of Karachi to Punjab.
In Punjab, there is the Ruling party which belongs to Punjabies.
The situation in Karachi is entirely different.
Question: Why the Operation of PAKKA QILLA took place in Haiderabad and any such Operation has never happened in PUNJAB?
Brother Qasim,
I want you to ponder over this Question.
Question: Has any Punjabi faced such cruel behaviour in Punjab as Mahajirs faced in Interior SINDH?
Question: Has Punjab Citizens been robbed of their TAX Money which they paid in name of cleanliness of their Roads and Water and Sewarage?
The people of Karachi saw that all that money taken..... then it going to Sindhi Government of Interior Sindh ..... and then never returning to Karachi.
I wrote in details about all these things in another thread and told that all these Problems could be solved in People are given their proper rights. Musharraf fired not a single Bullet in Karachi for 8 years and throughout this period there was Peace and Prosperity. Why? It was due to Council System due to which people of Karachi for the first time felt that their fate lies in their own Hands.
Any how, as I earlier wrote, Punjab has also it's own problems. You could see a glimpse of such problem in "Saraaiki" belt of Punjab. Although not so strong, but if not handled properly and their rights are not given in time, then this could also become bigger problem.
The key word is "Justice" and "Economical Progress", otherwise we will loose as nation.
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2 I do agree that MQM has weapons and as civilized Pakistani Nation we don't want them to have this Side.
Nevertheless, we must see the ground Realities if it is really Possible for MQM to give up completely it's weapons at this point of time?
1. Brother Qasim, I hear a lot and really a lot of hue and cry about Altaf Hussain asking MQM members to arm themselves.
Question: But I have heard not a SINGLE Voice by Imran Khan, or Nawaz Sharif, or by Media where they were ever PROTESTING on the "Mothers of All Evils" in Karachi i.e. SOHRAB Goth.
From where comes all this Weapons in Karachi? Are Muhajirs making all this weapons themselves? No.
We all know the answer of this Question.
We know that PUSHTOONS (who are living side by side of Muhajirs) have turned Sohrab Goth into little FATA (no go Area). They not only have heavy destructive weapons, but they do the biggest Trade and whole Business of Illegal Weapons there and Pushtoon Community is equipped from head till foot with weapons.
But "DOUBLE STANDARDS" is this that we hear not a SINGLE Protest by Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif etc. about this "Ummul FITAN" (Mothers of All EVILS) area of Sohrab Goth, but all the criticism and crying is reserved only for MQM.
I tell you brother, these "DOUBLE STandards" are never going to work. Ground Reality is this till the time you don't disarm the Sohrab Goth Area till the time Karachi could never become free of weapons. So, we should protest aginst all the Communties who are armed on bases of JUSTICE. Till the time these ground realities are not changed, we are not going to see any change in Karachi and Imran/Nawaz could cry as much as possible as they can but it will bring no changes.
I will write more on the Other DOUBLE STANDARDS in detials later. Insha-Allah.