Bechaari MQM brought this upon themselves. I have all the sympathies for people of Karachi but not MQM.
MQM is the voice of some of those very people that you claim to have sympathies for.
I am actually taken aback by the double-standards galore here. Talking to murderous TTP (killers of 80,000 Pakistanis all over the country) is okay, fine and the right thing to do, the same as of the supporters of now "Shaheed Bugti" aka BLA. However, any version of MQM in any form or manifestation is an anathema to these very same people. Why? Except vague reasons amounting to vile, petty provincialism, not much more.
What if these people of Karachi don't like either PTI or PPP as many a past elections have shown? Then what? Do they remain unrepresented just because you have an issue with how MQM of the past was? What if they really want MQM to represent them?
PTI federal did more then anyone else since 18th amendment for Karachi. Not sure what you expected, Karachi is under control of Sindh govt. Its their responsibility for which they get NFC award.
Now MQM contract with PDM was great on paper, but not even 1 point have been implemented since then despite the fact that Sindh govt is ruling federl and province. Apart from making MQM ministers etc personal benefits for MQM. But for Karachi nothing.
PTI did NOTHING for Karachi. Please don't spread misinformation. IK/PTI talked a lot but delivered zero to Karachi because they could do nothing to AAZ who sent a mighty index finger in Khan sahib's direction and all the talk of a Rs 5T uplift plan vaporized.
For the past 10 years, Karachi has been rotting. Each trip is worse than the previous one for those who venture to the city.
Whether it is MQM or PPP or PTI, nothing has been delivered to the people of Karachi.
MQM's gripe is that while they have the municipality (KMC etc.), they don't get the funding released by province (PPP). They complained to PTI in the center and PTI said, ok join us and we will make sure you get to do your projects. PPP told PTI, buzz off, 18th amendment gives the CM all the power so the PTI/MQM union was a dud. PPP does not want to release funding to MQM because god forbid if MQM actually did some work with this funding, they could get even more votes in the future so that is a no-no and therein lies the problem of Karachi. PTI and its claims of Karachi are just limited to Defense and Clifton, hardly what you would call Karachi.
As such, Karachi is a bastard that nobody wants to own yet everyone wants to pimp/take advantage of.