Interior Minister Chuadhry Nisar Ali Khan. PHOTO: FILE
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that the main purpose of his visit to Karachi was the city’s extremely volatile security situation.
He said that he had met the Governor of Sindh, security agencies and the provincial government, who had briefed him about the prevailing situation in the city.
Khan said that he had discussed the situation in Karachi with the governor, the prime minister and their team in light of a report previously compiled by interior secretary and DG IB on an administrative visit to the city.
Karachi and its people did not deserve the violence currently prevailing in the city, not only because Karachi was the only metropolitan city in Pakistan, but also because a slight law and order situation in Karachi had an effect on the entire nation, he said.
The interior minister said that the federal government was willing to provide all intelligence and security reports to help the provincial government deal with the security threats.
Khan said that the purpose of his visit was not political, but the current condition of Karachi was worrisome for the entire country.
He said that the people had voted for both the provincial and the federal governments, and both did not have any excuse not to deliver.
He said the issue cannot be tackled by applying the traditional methods, and said that a roadmap will be prepared by taking into confidence all the stakeholders for bringing peace in the metropolitan city.
Khan said that the prime minister himself wished to visit Karachi to help solve the situation in Karachi.
Meeting with Pir Pagara
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that he had briefed Pir Pagara Syed Shah Mardan Shah II regarding the Pakistan Muslim League-N’s (PML-N) developments on the presidential elections scheduled to be held on August 6.
He said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would give the final decision regarding its contender for the president within the next two or three days after taking Shah, and all other political parties, into consideration.
He also said that the government also planned to invite senior leaders of all political parties within the next two weeks to the prime minister’s house, the main purpose for which would be to address issues relating to terrorism and the law and order situation, and drone attacks in the country.
He said that Shah’s presence in the meeting would be highly welcomed.
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@ABC: yes whoever supports extra judicial killings of the innocent
@Alam zeb: Oh my God people with fixed ideas and closed minds are the problem.
Give me a break. No excuse for failure in Balochistan.. No excuse for failure in Gilgit Baltistan.. No excuse for failure in FATA.. Politician should deliver rather than just lip service
@Aysha M: Well said and you are fully supported. Salams
Contrary to what the Chief Minister says and does, the law and order situation will profoundly improve if the PPP is removed from the Sindh government and Governor's rule is imposed and the LBO polls are held on schedule. Enough is enough. Salams
To quote:"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." Plato (brainyquote.com/)
Remember the adage, "Where there is a will, there is a way." (Anonymous)
"Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective." Pratibha Patil (brainyquote.com/)
@Aysha M: Please learn to be a Pakistani first rather than keep talking every issue on ethnic basis.
@shariq: What destruction did Mustafa Kamal cause when he was the city mayor, would you like to explain
Peace and MQM can't co exist. You know what I mean
@Aysha M: How about stopping british national from interfering in karachi's politics.
@Sindhi_Pakistan
PPP and MQM should rule karachi not kill it.
No more talking Ch. Nisar please sit in Karachi till things resolved and there is peace! I don't see much difference in Nisar and Malik!
@Sindji_Pakistani
My friend, i am afraid it is opinion of people like you who are proving that karachi is not part of sindh. I wish people like you can give a cogent argument why karachi and for that matter other urban areas of sindh should not have strong local government empowered to various degrees corresponding to their size as per international good local government practices. If you oppose this only on ethnic grounds, then of course, you would justify those who believe that urban areas of sind will always suffer under the yoke of a rural run government. On the other hand, if u support this right of urbaites then it will only increase the commitment of sindh urban population towards their province. Remember, there is no movement for division of sindh yet but if the urban areas are pushed to wall, it will obviously become an inevitability not because the urban areas want this necessarily but because coercion and injustice cant prevail for too long. And please before you strike back with a rejoinder, dont look at this issue through an mqm tinged prism. A freely elected lical government would be bound to serve all the residents of the cities or would face booting out in the next elections. Hence, if mqm fails to deliver they would see the door and so be it. However, if they do good then obviously it is good for sindh as a whole. Think rationally, not emotionally or ethnically and this could only increase the love and trust between the urban and rural areas of sindh - a natural symbiosis.
@Aysha M: To desroy remainning Karachi ?
It is becoming increasingly obvious that neither anyone in the federal government nor the provincial government are sincere about Karachi. It is maddening to hear the same inane statements from these two sources. Till the time Karachi has a metrpolitan government, the problems of ths city wont be resolved. The federal government (and Punjab's) efforts to kkep zkrachi disenfranchised and to keep their interests limited to damaging mqm will only serve to damage pakistan, the entity for which they tend to profess so much concern but are doing everything, wittingly or unwittingly, to undermine the confidence of Karachiites in the present polity. As far as sindhis are concerned, they are acting most stupidly in opposing a strong local government in karachi and other urbn areas. They fail to realize that the thoughts of sindhs division have been dead for a long time. A prosperous karachi can only be a source of pride for sindh and bring welcome winds of change in the rural landscape too which is otherwise going to dogs. However, by opposing translation of karachiites electiral mandate into administrative mandate, as Ayesha M puts above, they will certainly stoke the fires of separatism. Hence, both the federal and sindh government will stand to rue for a long time to come.
@Aysha M: What you are underhandedly alluding to is not a valid answer. There has been tons of killing in Karachi under municipal, provincial, and federal governments that MQM was either part of or running. MQM is also not the sole representative of the city. Stop pushing it's agenda. Peace will require a coming together of political forces, and not disenfranchisement of those you are calling "outsiders".
As per several reports, there are millions of illegal immigrants from many countries living in Pakistan specially in Sindh. It puts economic burden on Sindh and Pakistan. Those illegal immigrants could be a source of crime too in Karachi. It is legally responsibility of home ministry to send those illegal immigrants from India, Afghanistan, Burma, and Bangladesh and many other countries back to their home countries. Please Home Minister! Take some ACTION!
@Aysha M: Karachi is not independent state, it is a capital city of Sind. The majority party in Sindh has constitutional and legal authority to rule whole Sindh including Karachi. Pls stop treating Karachi as separate entity out side Sindh. One can criticize merits and demerits of PPP and MQM as the leading parties of Sindh failed to govern whole province province, but at the end of the day, remember that Karachi belongs to Sindh and hence Pakistan and majority party of Sindh has to govern it.
Anyone missing Nasserullah Babar?
@A Pakistani: @Xnain: It is the PMLN, which is patronizing the criminal gangs throughout Pakistan, their biggest militant wings being LeJ and TTP. These gangs have helped the PMLN to get to the power by selectively targeting its opponents. Now the same gangs are operative in Karachi. If someone is suggesting that MQM MPA and SHC justice were not attacked by these criminals, I'm sorry he's wrong.
Get thump impression audit done of all constituencies in Karachi that will certainly disqualify MQM and bring PTI to power. That will bring the much needed peace
@ashar: Even better, let's hand over the whole country to the Military and let them run it as they deem fit for 20 years and while doing this, clean up the mess these politicians have made and them along with the mess. How about it?
@ashar: Its not about army, its about political will. PPP is not willing to shun her own assets in Liyari while demanding MQM to shun theirs. Both are playing a power game at the cost of the city of lights.
@Aysha M: Yeah a peace where killing were put under the carpet by then unchallenged MQM.
MQM and PPP have failed to deliver for the people of Karachi since they have always been patronizing their criminal gangs specialising in target killings, extortions, encroachments, gang wars etc etc. They have been running with the hares and hunting with the hounds. It's time for these 2 parties to give up hypocrisy and disband their criminal gangs. Else, Karachi needs an indiscriminate Military Operation on the pattern of General Naseerullah Babar.
@ashar: How about the entire country being handed to Pakistan Army. If that is the only viable solution, why was Musharraf packed off
Karachi should be handed over to Pakistan Army for a period of no less then three years, along with all the civic institutions to streamline their management and the mega projects like K-4, S 3 mass transit and circular railways since a lot is needed to rectify in this neglected city of dirty politics besides its acute security problems.
So, what do you propose to solve the problems facing, the only serious commercial Hub that Pakistan has ? As we in Europe are watching as to your party and their efforts to solve the basic crises, criminality, energy, bomb factories, rather than commercial ventures and the list goes on ! Rest assure as a visitor in mid 70's to this beautiful city, I have different memories. However , its not all your party's fault as the real culprit are still watching and awaiting their opportunity for cheap political gains as this really is their mess and not only created but managed on regular basis by them to maintain the status quo ! So really the place will always be battle ground for the parties while the innocent suffer and commerce too !
Mr Interior Minister please give an elected Mustafa Kamal to Karachi, and all will fall in place, because only a genuine political will can fix Karachi
No excuse for failing to translate political mandate into administrative mandate. The real representative of Karachi should be given authority, and as witnessed in the past the city is put on the roads of peace and progress under a genuine leadership. Karachi needs to be run by the people of Karachi and not outsiders