Karachi "City of Lights" is the largest city of Pakistan
with the population of about 20 million. It is a metropolis city and identified
as a heart and center of Pakistan. It is a financial hub of Pakistan and a
seaport. It is also referred as Mini-Pakistan because people all over the
country come to Karachi in search of business and work.
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| Karachi - City Of Lights |
Since the PPP democratic government has taken over the
country, about 4000 people have been killed in the city. The political
reconciliation has proved to be a complete disaster for the resident of city. The
government of Sindh has totally failed to provide security to the citizens.
Persistent deteriorating of law and order, kidnapping, brutal target killing of
political and religious people, money extortion, bomb explosions and packed
dead bodies found in sack are pushing the country towards lawlessness and
destruction.
These days every type of crime is going in the city.
Extortion, kidnapping for ransom, thefts, ethnic killings, bomb blast, land
grabbing and many other crimes are leading in the city. Getting hold of the major
share of the extortion is the bone of contention between the political parties
which is a cause of violence in city.
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| Target Killing |
Killing of about 15 people in the city has become the trend of every
day. Mostly, victims are the workers political party, a religious party, a
businessman and personal enmity. Fast growing extortion causes the death of businessmen
in different areas of Karachi. Police force is incompetent and politicized
hence they are not being able to take control over the unlawful conditions of
the city. Criminals have complete freedom to move here and there with the weapons
in the city and cause violence and terrorist activities in the city. They feel it easy to torch public properties, vehicles and to kill someone without any difficulties.
Karachi being
recognized as “Illuminated City”, now has lost its serene and vibrancy and
giving a desert look like curfew and war-torn area. It is a very frightening,
worrying and upsetting situation for all citizens of the city. Not a single
person feels secure to go out for work. Even parents are worried to send their
kids to schools and other educational institutes. They feared to travel in
public transport and to go in public places because there is always a danger of
terrorism going in the mind of citizens.
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| Public Transport set on fire |
Hot debates are going on TV channels, newspapers and
internet in order to cope with the extensive lawlessness in Karachi but not a
single prominent has been noticed so far. The limited safety and security
measures taken by the government are proved ineffective. Even the suo moto
action taken by the Chief Justice last year on Karachi killing not yet yield the
desired result as the perpetrators were neither identified nor brought to
justice. Also the two big political parties in the city, MQM and ANP have
demanded the army operation in the city to muddle through the law and order disability
in the city.
Not only the citizen of Karachi, but the people from all
over the Pakistan have been praying for the complete cleanup of the criminal
activities from the largest city of Pakistan. They are demanding army operation or emergeny in the region and are hopeful that the control
of army will bring peace in the city and Karachi will be able to become a “City
of Light” again.
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