Let me make clear again what is acceptable and what is not from the forum's perspective.
We do not tolerate any kind of attacks or derogatory comments against any ethnic, linguistic or racial community. That said, organizations or entities like the MQM or PMLN or PPP or ANP or BNP or PTI etc are fair game in terms of criticism. This forum allows you to freely express your views so there isn't any need to act coy like some Pakistani media commentators or journalists who make vague references to Khalai Makhlook or X community or Y community.
MQM under Altaf Hussain was a violent mafia. With all the extortion, kidnappings, murders etc it was in essence an organized crime family that had a political face which gave it even more power. There shouldn't be any questions over that. Altaf Hussain's own statements since he was kicked out by the current MQM leadership based in Pakistan should make clear that he was and is a disgusting, violent traitor.
So, those criticizing the crime in Karachi in all those years under Altaf Hussain should call him and his organization out by name - it's not Urdu speaking or Muhajir or Sindhi or Punjabi or Pashtun that ruined Karachi, it was the MQM-Altaf & PPP that ruined Karachi. If you want to discuss the Establishment or Iran's role in propping up either, that's fine too, but, again, don't drag Punjabis, Pashtun, Muhajir or Sindhis or Shia or Sunni or Deobandi or Barelvi or Wahabbi into these discussions.
In the same vein, the PPP has been little better than the MQM-Altaf. The PPP had and continues to engage in the same kind of behavior as MQM-Altaf, though perhaps they are a little less blatant about it now or are able to more successfully threaten and coerce the media into not reporting about it.
So, to reiterate - criticism should be directed at the ORGANIZATIONS that engaged in corruption, violence and crime - such as the MQM-Altaf, PPP, PMLN etc. Please leave the ethno-linguistic aspects of the communities that these organizations got their support from out of these conversations please.