Some plans on Karachi or this country?
In a move reminiscent of a need to save face, Parvez Musharraf has finally decided to hand over Karachi’s law and order responsibility to Pakistan Rangers. Yesterday, when Karachi was bleeding profusely and was desperately shouting for help, the so – called law enforcement agencies meted out a step – motherly treatment to this city by just being by – standers and watching the rape of the city’s fragile peace take place. It isn’t so that the police are dysfunctional; however, it seemed that all the law enforcement agencies in the city, and rangers included, were made dysfunctional on explicit orders. Otherwise, the rangers that have been bestowed with divine blessings today have had a sizeable presence in the city since several years and could have been directed to act yesterday only when three dozen persons lost their lives and several others suffered injuries. Loss of property is besides the loss of life and limb.
Furthermore, the Munafiq Qaumi Mafia (the name given to MQM by Mahmood Khan Achakzai) a.k.a. Muttahida Qaumi Movement has announced in a press conference today of closing all its sector offices all over the country. Probably they felt the need for this, now that rangers have been virtually given a free hand in Karachi today. They must have feared that their terrorists and dens (sector offices) might come under rangers’ scrutiny so it’s definitely better to order a closure of their dens and instruct their thugs to go in hiding!!
And the blame game continues…ruling party members, Musharraf included (it’s easy to understand why I call Musharraf a ruling party member), have consistently placed the blame of yesterday’s sad events on the Chief Justice’s shoulders. More importantly, the MQM members have gone so far as to publicly say on television that the CJP had no need to visit Karachi and that his entourage must have sought consultations with Sind government (read, MQM) regarding a Karachi trip (statement by Babar Ghouri of MQM, Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping in a Geo News talk show today morning). I say is this a banana state or what? Now citizens of this country would need a visa to visit the country’s largest city?
