The monsoon season has hit Pakistan. While most parts of Pakistan enjoy the good weather, Karachi bleeds. The deteriorating situation in Karachi has been a constant since the past twenty years and in the recent months it has further debilitated to the point where the value of life for the common man has become virtually non-existent. It is a curious title to choose, knowing that in early July more than 110 people perished in just five days in Karachi, and countless others were either forced to flee their homes, or still remain trapped in them. Consider further that it was but part of a recurrent pattern, and one is bound to question that have there ever been any gains to preserve and possibly build on.
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Lahori’s know all too well that the power of the MQM comes with a price the ordinary people end up paying Under the auspices of giving all political parties of Pakistan access to all political spaces in Pakistan, the MQM has ventured (again) into the unknown waters of the Punjab. The PML-N – dominant in the Punjab – has restarted its activity in Sindh and Karachi as well, despite threats and challenges, so that it does not appear like a party confined to the largest (and most dominant) province alone. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the MQM should be welcomed for launching its political campaign in Punjab, while cautioning that there was “a great difference in politics” of Sindh and Punjab.