Three events in two days more to come .... the question is why now an IMMEDIATE SURGE of this type of events ....??
To have a little bit of understanding of this question we need to understand that there was three main Law & Order issues of Karachi
1- Target Killing
2- Extortion
3- Kidnapping
All these crime
went to nose dive since the beginning of
Karachi Operation If we look carefully there was no reports in media regarding Target killing, Extortion & Kidnapping around 10-15 days back, but suddenly after 5 or 6 Ramzan reports regarding the extortion demands start coming particularly from the business hub of old city areas which were mainly under the influence of Layari Gangs for such crimes; I think there is no need to mention relations of Layari Gang & PPP
Before the operation Target killing was happening in all parts of City but high profile killings was mostly used to happen in those areas of the city which are part of MQM 'Political State' like killing of
Wali Khan Baber &
the killing of witness related to this case, attacks on Rangers Check post and other such cases which used to grab headlines
Other then this some of banned outfits were also involved in target killing for example Sabeen Mehmood, killing of Parveen Rehman, Safora Ghot incident and other cases, one thing which we should keep in mind the motive in most of the Target killings were Political or Financial gains specially related to Land garbing & in this crime of target killing all of the 'usual suspects' are involved
Kidnappings were occurring more for financials reasons, particularity the short term kidnapping in which some of the elements of the Civil Law Enforcement Agencies were also involved
Now after the brief recap of the situation before the Karachi operations its clear that there is two basic Criminal Forces which were & till now active in Karachi
1- Political Actors (PPP, MQM, ANP as a junior participant)
2- Non-Political (All banned outfits + Business Community specially Builders & Developers)
Now coming to the recent events ....
Kidnapping of the son of Cheif Justice of Sindh High Court
if some one try to analyze the
publicly available details he was abducted in the similar way as some other high profile kidnappings occurred such as kidnapping of Asad Khan Tareen son of Baluchistan Minister which mean either anyone form banned outfits have kidnapped Mr. Owais or some other form usual suspect have done this as there is a very unusual theory is in circulation regarding one of the political party which may fetch some benefits form this event btw if one has to believe this theory then he should keep eyes on future events related to Sindh politics things will be clear in few days or weeks.
Killing of Mr. Sabri & politics which was played at his funeral services by MQM raised serious questions, but one thing which
one should not ignore at this stage is the Claim of responsibility by Hakeem Ullah Meshood Group additionally the facial features of one the suspected attacker as per the sketch issued by police does not match with natives of that area here one thing is worth mentioning that a sizable population of
illegal Afghans also resides in this area & more astonishing fact is that these Afghans along with locals are residing at an illegally occupied land previously belong to
Mr. Hakeem Saeed which now sold to some builder who manage to get the custody of some of the vacated portion of this land with the help of Law enforcing agencies some time back now those illegal occupiers have moved to high court for stay order last year & case if I am not wrong is still the in court.
Amjad Sabri was not just the leading face of the media campaign for that project but it is said that he was in good terms with the builder & visited that area number of times, don't know police will investigate this angle or not but if this is the case than the killing of Amjad Sabri is a message to the builders of that residential project at that occupied land.
Other than this if Hakeem ullah Meshood angle is correct (
which may very well be a diversion tactic) one more interesting development related to this is the
surrender of Uncle & Brother of Hakeem Ullah Meshood to the Pakistan Army just few days backs (exact date is not confirm) & the news came in Media at 20th of this month, now the equation become quite complex as this indicates
not only that some other elements of this group or other group of TTP are still functional but have reached to one of the Most Populated Urban center of country (district central is the most populated area of Karachi) THIS KILLING IS A DIRECT MESSAGE TO THE ARMY & if I am reading it right than the message is clear they will target Karachi this thing get more clear by an unsuccessful attack on Frahan Ali Waris on his way back to his home after attending the sit-in at Numaish against the target killing of Amjad Sabri on the very same day of his killing
Now keep in mind this is happening after the two years of Zarb-e-Azab operation plus inclusion of TTP elements other than Meshood group which along Sajna grooups were more active in Karachi but facing nearly extinction as the result of continuous hunt by Rangers & Police
More high profile terrorist attacks may occur in Karachi specially near to religious events.