There are reports of wide spread ethnic riots in Karachi – the clash started of in Lasbella area where three people have been reported as dead, Rangers have been seen in certain areas
best way to keep an eye on the situation is to sign up on Twitter and follow #Karachi or #PEN my Twitter updates can be found on http://twitter.com/DrAwab
Instructions have been given to police authorities to resort to Shoot-to-kill orders – thats a dangerous order as the ethnic parties involved will misuse it for their own advantage
Stay safe Karachi
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59 responses to “Riots in Karachi”
Thanks for the post and do keep us updated. I pray that we see sustained peace in this region and move away from such issues that have plagued us most of our lives.
Thanks so much Dr. With the news channels being all hush, apart from ARY One World, it’s hard to know what’s going on..
Thanks Dr for the post. May Allah Save us from the ethnic warlords of MQM and ANP.
Cannot believe this!
I don’t like where this is heading
Senior Police officials and investigating agencies have compiled a list of terrorists involved in ethnic violence and terrorism. Majority of them belong to MQM’s unit/sector terror cells . Police officials plan to take action against these terrorist who are trying to stir ethnic violence under the pretext of talibanization .
http://www.ummatpublication.com/2008/11/28/lead15.html
After issuance of Shoot-to-kill orders by Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, as was predicted in this story 14 SHOs of Karachi have been changed to deal with the terrorists.
Same old senseless violence. I don’t comprehend whose interest gets served when innocent bread winners of family of eight dies.
Oh it’s in the response of mumbai attack.:S
yeh news check kero. http://paknewz.com/?p=853
just keep us updated man….wid this hapining we cant eid go to da mandi to buy an animal for eid… 🙁
[just keep us updated man….wid this hapining we cant go to da mandi to buy an animal for eid… 🙁 ]*
and thanks for the link @shaista
Reading your blog, it seems like you are hell bent against a party who got overwhelming mandate in every general elections held under any government, which itself is enough proof that they haven’t rigged any of those elections in their favor (though they have their own issues and should be criticised, but I see not a single word coming out of your bad mouth for anything they have done right for Khi and its people, you have no credibility in my eyes, at least). Losers like you should stick to what they can do for their living (I can only hope you don’t have a fake degree), but it looks like you are one big loser who is determined to get his nasty head in shitty politics of Pakistan. No wonder why ‘Neem Hakeems’ like you are popular among ’emotional and illiterate’ people in PK, thank God majority of them live outside Khi.
i wish i cud just leev pakistan….
damn it…i am stuck wid my bachelors….
whtever political party it may be….i just want it to be over….
sab muslims are brothers to one and another….
i cant believe it they are doing dis 😐
Peer sahib khud bethey hain london kee hifazat main aur yahan jala rahey hain khoonon kai diey….
waah peer sahib waah….
Mubarak ho Peer Saab
Ummeed hai apkee khoon kee piass thoree kam hoee hogee.
@Amir your mention of fake degree reminds me of your namesake MQM’s Aamir Liaqat Hussain and his fake degree.
https://teeth.com.pk/blog/2005/03/10/jahil-online
Bravo! to my brothers and sisters to keep the Pashtuns under check yesterday – they have two options now,
caves or graves!
Jiyay Sindh has come up with the deadline to drive Pashtuns and Punjabis out of Karachi and will be at Nine Zero soon for a meeting. This is great! even Sunni Tahreek is with us now.
Jiyey Mohajir, Jiyey Muthida, Jiyey Sindh!
Fewdays back a lpg filling shop owner was killed in Di’silva town block A North Nazimabad while yesterday another lpg filling shop owner was shot dead literally 200 feets from tamuria police station north nazimabad. Altaf is hitting where it hurts most.. these lpg filling shops were catering to Taxis and rickshaws being used by Pathans. By killing these shop owners he is directly targeting these people’s livelihood.
2 more quetta tea hotels have been threatened and ordered to shut down in Block G haidry area.
Annoyed Balochis,Pastuns,PPP,SunniTehrik,ANP Altaf seems to be taking them all head-on.
British Grand Terrorist Altaf is basically creating a quagmire for innocent muhajirs living here in Karachi.
MQM UC nazim, 15 MQM men arrested for ‘involvement’ in double murder of PPP men and riots
http://tinyurl.com/mqmnazim15workerarrested
So far 18 people have died and 85 injured belonging to both ethnicities but majority of them Paktun shop hotel owners,truck,taxi,minibus,rickshaw drivers . All of their vehicles and shops were burnt in similar style as was witnessed on 9th April when hundred of MQM’s unit terrorists attacked and set on fire tahir Plaza ,here to arsonists on dozens of motorbikes ganged up and intercepted these pathan owned transports and burnt their vehicles and beat them up. All this was going on since afternoon but media kept quiet as noticed by TM and things got panicky only when media started giving coverage to these incidents in the evening. All in all according to karachi police cheif Waseem Ahmed 18 people died 85 injured and 60 vehicles and 6 shops burnt so far and things are relatively calm at the moment.
Like i said earlier 14 SHOs have been replaced at different police stations in Karachi i am anticipating some kind of action against MQM’s terrorist gone amuck againt pathan owned businesses . If and when that happens then clowns like British cheerleader barrister and his likes will quietly sneak out of Pakistan as they did last time when the filth was being cleaned here in Karachi.
how is situation today ?can we move around the city
@JK its not recommended to visit those areas which were tense yesterday otherwise its just fine,rangers is deployed with shoot to kill orders and security personnel presence is quite visible.
I would not be surprised if Bai Altaf would be killed by one of his own buddies(SAleem Shahzad or Imran Farooq).
How many dead bodies will satisfy the Vampire of London ? There is no end in sight.
MQM dont have brains, they leave the task of think upon BHAI, and BHAI think Pakistan is the biggest blunder in the history of mankind.
Death of Altaf is not the answer to this problem.There will be more caos,more divide and more bitterness.
A person sitting abroad managing all this shows ,common person has lack of trust,lack of hope and lack of oppertunities .No government has done anything.Can government provide security to the person who wishes to walk away from him.
People have two reasons to affiliate with him,one is blind and true bonding ,second is people have no other way to survive.It is a master slave relationship where people are afraid if they stepped out of his circle ,they will loose friends,support and protection.
Therefore they are forced to live with the abuse ,they feel trapped and have become dependent on it.Imagine a ten year old or thirteen year old who grew up under this shadow he does not know anything better in life or independent in life away from Altaf Bhai,who is an AQQA.
HOW TO BREAK THIS WEB of blackmail,dependency and allegiance forged with blood.
I have come up with two answers,One is like in Ireland ,the way Tony Blair negotiated peace,second is through humanitarian work .None of Pakistan government will dare to take any of these routes.
Humanitarian work is form NGOS which provide councilling and alternatives emotional ,friendship and options to bring confidence to people that they can survive away from the shaddow and networking of Altaf.
Or a third option is Mr.Altaf is allowed to come back and run the party from Karachi.Political scenario has changed ,
Recet attacks in Mumbai and world response has changed to wards Pakistan .Terrorism has to end.This terrorism is going to be added into United Nations charter now.
In Mumbai blasts top British and US journalists were in the hotel.They all survived.
Why only Terrorism in the name of Islam should end,Terrorism in the name of ethnic voilence,cast and creed should end.
People of Karachi should form this peaceful move in which they write to HRCP ,forward your emails to them with death counts and write to British and USA prime minister and president.Let Britan know who are they protecting .
How PAKISTANIS FEEL ABOUT THIS safety they have provided to
Altaf.
It is a double standard if terrorists (jiahadis) cannot be allowed to live in Afghanistan or in Pakistan why Britan has given a protection to this man.
Pakistan is co-operating to curb Islamic Extremism,Britan should play its role to end voilence in Karachi.
Dear people of Karachi I am sorry if anyone has taken any offence or are hurt by any of my comments,it is just my sincere approach to understand and finding a way out.
its amazing why Bhai has taken a U turn in recent Days , he seems to be more agressive, calling people to acquire guns and ammunition, “TV vcr baicho aslahaa khareedo ”
Recently i heard of a news in which a 35 year old rubbish grabing man has died….i am really very very sad about him, what a life that was ?
PEACE shold be delivered now.
It is EVEN BETTER IF ALTAF BHAI DOES IT HIMSELF.
we are not asking for JUSTICE ,we are asking for peace.
ALTAF BHAI YOUR ONE SPEACH CAN SAVE LIVES ….GUSTAKHI MAUF HAZOUR ,I am in no capacity to ask you this,NAQAR KAHNE MAIN TOUTAI KI AWAZ KOUN SUNTA HAI
But I have a hope you can do better
WHY NOT DELIVER PEACE…….you have the oppertunity now
I am wondering Where is the Worlds Second Best Mayor?He should step up now And prove that he is the Best.
Reema
This U turn is surprising for me as well!
MQM cant be blame for all the things though, ANP and Munafiq Mullahs are the other side of the same coin, they back drug dealers and hardliners.
Farrah
I am afraid to tell you that Peace is now thing is the past, even if this thing kools down, it will start again, if this time it will start again there will be no end to it , God forbids, it is a very big game plan and big powers have vested interest in it, Pakistan may kab kiya hojaye koi kuch naheen kah sakta…
Reema
Thanks,I understand
Desperate effort to save world
Dear friends across India and the world,
We’re all feeling the shock of the awful attacks in Mumbai. All our hearts go out to the victims and their families.
The attacks were aimed at our people, our prosperity and our peace. But their top target was something else: our unity. If these attacks cause us to turn on each other in hatred and conflict, the terrorists will have won. They know that hatred and chaos feed on division. As radical extremists, their only hope of winning is by turning the rest of us against each other.
Let’s deny them that victory. We’re launching a message to extremists on all sides and all our political leaders, one that will soon be published in newspapers across India and Pakistan. The message is that these tactics have failed, that we’re more united than ever, united in our love and support to each other, determined to work together against terror and call on our leaders to do the same. If millions of people sign it, our message will be unmistakable, click below to sign it and please forward this email widely:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/india_undivided/98.php/?cl_tf_sign=1
It’s time to speak out, let’s do it together.
yeh check kero http://paknewz.com/?p=822
As Amir rightly stated. This blog of yours is nothing but a crowd of jahil goons who are just as ignorant as the jihadis from the North with no brains. I sit here and laugh at the comments and suggestions being made. Eeven a child is born unannounced, it is MQM that labored it. What a bunch of sh!
You morons have no clue what the hell you are talking about. For god sake please go read some newspapers or better yet get into rehab coz that is what all you MQM hate mongers need.
MQM rocks!!! Teeth sucks!
As Amir rightly stated. This blog of yours is nothing but a crowd of jahil goons who are just as ignorant as the jihadis from the North with no brains. I sit here and laugh at the comments and suggestions being made. Even a child is born unannounced, it is MQM that labored it. What a bunch of sh!
You morons have no clue what the hell you are talking about. For god sake please go read some newspapers or better yet get into rehab coz that is what all you MQM hate mongers need.
MQM rocks!!! Teeth sucks!
@shaista pls stop spamming the blog with ur website
@Barrister Ali K.Chishti
well unfortunately if that happens as you say what do you think would pashtuns would keep quiet, i know both sides are reacting but its mostly by MQM hooligans.
God Forbid if pashtun really reacted atleast there would be no MQM.
SINDHIS arent with you on this and if jeiya sindh comes to your side they are not representative of sindhi they even dont have a single candidate for elections, nobody is with you but yourself, American and your British GodFathers.
AoA all.
Karachi has been a battlegroud since last 3-4 weeks, before yesterday and day before yesterday already 50-60 activists of various political parties have been killed including MQM haqiqi, ANP, Sunni Tehreek & PPP.
MQM is solely responsible for the law & order situation in Karachi. MQM is trying to destabilize Karachi and unleash reign of terror as it used to do in the past.
The people of Karachi are very much aware of MQMs terror activities. The PPP govt is being blackmailed by MQM.
It is about time that PPP part ways with MQM. This silence shown by the government on the aggravated law and order situation is beyond comprehension. I would request the federal government, interior ministry and the army to take notice of such massive killings which is disrupting the peace, stability & harmony of Karachi . Immediate efforts are needed by the government to restore peace in Karachi .
ALLAH HUMARA HAMI O NASIR HOOO
Is there anyone to stop hatred amongs peoples of Karachities created by some unsrupulous elements to achiove some of the hidden objectives of their masters?
Why always PPP led government period are chosen to destabilize Karachi?
Looking with high hope from LEA for their stern action against all culprits without fail? Otherwise we will reach again in the era of 1990-98.
hi i m very far away from karachi, can u please tell me the latest situation of the city please
1. The script of the drama may be the same BUT the plot maybe different.
2. The factors for such bigoted mindset are obviously many.
3. One factor is the inaccurate portrayal of an ethnic community with the broad brush.
4. The so-called “war-on-terror” has given an open license to many a bigots/despots.
5. Some may be exploiting for political ends – others may have xenophobia or are simply sowers of dissension to ignite mayhem at the behest of the head goonda. If ethnic groups are so divided into different warring and hostile camps, their attention and resources are diverted away from the real issues and problems facing the country. This also cuts down the mobilizing power of each group.
6. But most of all, many amongst us have been ranting and raving in the indiscriminate use of the ‘war-on-terror’ terminology and labels picked-up from Western media and the likes of Bushiites in creating dissension and in effect sown the seeds for a bitter harvest.
is Gulshan-e-iqbal and Gulisatn johar area safe to travel ?
let me tell you one thing in plain english, situation of pakistan is very very very bad, we are really on the brink of disaster, we are really hanging on, i m not a pessimist but ….future is totally bleak
Today almost 14 people were gunned down and total death toll since all this mayhem started reaches to around 41 and countless others injured. More then 100 arrests have been made since Saturday.
On going through all the comments made on the recent tragic incidents in Karachi that resulted in serious casualties on both sides, It appears to me that either some commentators have intentionally tried to hide the facts or other wise they had no idea what they were commenting upon. Yes, every one has and should have ideological commitment to pursue upon as a targeted goal of life. But, it does not allow you achieving your milestone on the basis of fraud and hypocrisy. Islam does not permit it. Please do review what you are saying that might ignite the blaze on the expense of human lives. Karachi is the city that we all love. We should be thankful to MQM and Syed Mustafa Kamal for transforming the city into a genuine world Class city. Look what this gentleman has done. See the networks of brides, tunnels, road, overheads bridges, IT Center, Parking lots, Sanitation, Water purification and distribution plants , recreational sites/parks and what not. As far as the recent violence is concerned, ANP and Shahid Syed, Secretary General of ANP Sindh and the richest drug dealer is responsible for instigating and motivating pushtoons communities to try take on Karachi at gun points. I really wonder why all the religious and political parties especially Jamaat-e- Islami and Jamiat-e-ulemay Islam & Pakistan have maintained silence on the repeated incidents where reportedly ANP workers and their supporters beaten women and girls with sticks and used abusive language. Why don’t they just investigate into the allegations regarding women cases and condemn the culprits. MQM has been winning elections for the last 20 years. If Peoples especially those belong to Karachi support this party we should at least respect their decision.
Syed Aliyazdan Raza
Nazimabad- Karachi.
the city of karachi is totally surrounded by thousands of hardcore taliban who want to impose themselves on karachi citizen through the bullets.
there are hundreds and thousands of new madarssahs have been opened in the suburbs of karachi, which are incubators where a new generation of hardcore terrorist would breed.
http://www.jasarat.com/graphic/friday_detail.php?friday_date=28-11-2008&newsid=05.gif
worth reading about talibinazation claims
Syed Aliyazdan Raza
Phoolan Devi the renowned dacoit and gangster also won elections several times. simply winning election does not wipe out the crimes and terrorist activities that one has commited. Even if Altaf and MQM make 100 more flyover or underpasses that won’t change the fact that MQM is a terrorist gang involved in killing and burning of countless Karachiites.