The streets of Karachi remained red with the blood of citizens throughout Ramazan. Even on the festive occasion of Eid, citizens were mourning untimely deaths of dear ones due to accidents and murders.
MQM-P would take legal action rather than reverting to the street politics of the 80s, but the question remains, where to seek justice if the courts also failed.
These views were expressed by Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Chairman Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui while addressing a crowded press conference at Bahadurabad Markaz. He criticised the provincial government for ignoring the rising wave of crime wave, stating "Karachi's residents were killed by robbers while authorities remained silent."
He recalled that the Bushra Zaidi incident had once changed the city's political landscape. He accused the dumper and truck mafia of holding the city hostage with official backing, similar to how drug and arms mafias destroyed Karachi in the 1980s.
Dr Siddiqui announced that MQM-P would take legal action but questioned where to seek justice if the courts also failed. He demanded answers from the President and Prime Minister, arguing that Karachi suffers from crime, unemployment, and biased decisions. He lamented that numerous MQM petitions remain unresolved in courts.
He asserted that neither the police nor criminals belong to Karachi and warned that unchecked crime could push the city back into the 1980s' turmoil.
COMMENTS
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ