A Question For The Pakistani Posters

[livingdead]

Thats not true until and unless you think having military wings is justifiable and any other party would do the same. Secondly, you don't live in Karachi or have been to the place either so you're opinion is not based on any true experience or knowledge.

I agree I am not speaking from experience(of living in the city), but living too close might make people biased one way or other.
I broadly agree with @Chak Bamu ... who seem to imply a power struggle.

 

[Aamna14]

I agree I am not speaking from experience(of living in the city), but living too close might make people biased one way or other.
I broadly agree with @Chak Bamu ... who seem to imply a power struggle.

Not biased i don't live here now i used to earlier but i have known pople who still live there so they can add to the personal experience factor. On the other hand as far as political struggle for supremacy goes that anybody in Pakistan who knows the current set up would easily identify. Sectarianism is promoted by a couple of parties MQM included so when such parties have armed militias at their disposal one can only imagine the results.

 

[livingdead]

Not biased i don't live here now i used to earlier but i have known pople who still live there so they can add to the personal experience factor. On the other hand as far as political struggle for supremacy goes that anybody in Pakistan who knows the current set up would easily identify. Sectarianism is promoted by a couple of parties MQM included so when such parties have armed militias at their disposal one can only imagine the results.

are your relatives non muhajir, if you dont mind me asking you?

 

[Aamna14]

are your relatives non muhajir, if you dont mind me asking you?

Yes my relatives are non Mahajir but i have friends who are in fact.

 

[Chronos]

@Ravi Nair, you would get many answers on your questions, ranging from BS (priti) to honest (haviZsultan).

Lyari is right next to Karachi's business district and is settled mainly by Baluch people. They have been PPP voters for a long time. Seen as counter-weight to MQM gangsters, they enjoyed patronage from PPP, until the Lyari gangsters became too big and went out of control.

MQM, PPP, and ANP each have a role to play in this mess. Each of them have an armed wing, and each has patronized criminals (extortionists, dacoits, and land-grabbers), and each has ethnic support. MQM has support from Urdu-speaking sections of Karachi. PPP enjoys support of Sindhis and Balochis. ANP rode a wave of Pashtun migration to Karachi and thus is a relatively new player.

PML-N does not have much support in Karachi, and that is why it has been able to lead an operation without raising too many heckles. PTI would likely be a beneficiary if an operation is successful in curbing violence, since it has no armed wing and has been targeted by suspected MQM target killers.

What happens after the operation remains to be seen, since it has yet to enter its third and last phase. But I think that there would be a need for subsequent operation. One operation would likely not get desired results.

Karachi used to be the most peaceful city. Now it is the most violent, thanks to crooked ethnic politics. I have not yet discussed religious parties and their contribution, but the ethnic angle is the strongest and most significant.

Thank you for the information.

This has been helpful =)