Pakistan Today Editorial : Satanic verses
Upside down, inside out. The laws of logic don’t apply to debates over Karachi. Many a cart is put before the horse, many a correlation is accepted as causation.
The current spate of killings in Karachi resumed when the PPP’s enfant terrible, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, as subtle as a sledgehammer as always, burst out against the MQM and its leader Altaf Hussain. To the liberati – and twitterati – it is Mirza who is to blame, not the activists on a rampage. Imagine the same line of reasoning being used in a similar situation anywhere else in the country.
True, Dr Mirza shouldn’t have gone off in a manner like that, at a time like this. It was uncalled for and impolitic. But the implication that it is he who has on his hands the blood of those killed in the subsequent riots is ridiculous.
The kid gloves with which the mainstream media treats those who call the shots in Karachi is evident in the low standards set for the latter and the pristine standards for anyone else in the city’s unfortunate turf war. In the commentariat, any explanation (any, any) that tends to be even-handed in its criticism, that tries to move beyond the Golden Mean Fallacy (“all sides are to be blamed equally”) is immediately trashed as one that does not know the true-ground-realities-of-the-city, a ruse used to justify anything and everything, from the 12th of May, 2007 to beyond.
Part of Dr Mirza’s diatribe was interpreted by some to be offensive towards not just the MQM but the mohajir community as a whole, for which he tendered an apology yesterday, endorsed by the Urdu-speaking members of his party.
A mercurial character, the doctor, displaying little of the respect that politicians usually have for time and place. In the past, his behaviour has ranged from refreshingly honest, to needlessly reckless to downright crass. But is the other side the epitome of maturity? The MQM is not known to pull any punches when it comes to the leadership of other parties, including the PPP.
Not withstanding the provocation, the MQM must learn to take criticism well, even of its top leadership. If it has taken offence at a particularly caustic swipe, it should pay it back in the same coin. The disproportionate response shown the other day resembles the uproar that followed the Danish cartoon incident. Secularism, anyone?
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Well, What Dr.Z.Mirza said should not have been done in this critical situation. But it’s not a justification for MQM to make it a case for making terrorizm, killing many innocent people & destroying properties of billions of Rupees. It’s the worst what MQM does.Instead of pressurizing Dr. Z. Mirza for apology, the killers and sabotajers must be punished. MQM must have tolerance & courage to listen truth about themselves, thier past and present. Truth can not be depressed by making terrorism and killing innocent people in streets.
Z.Mirza is a like a bulldog and should be dealt with accordingly. Or if he is drunk he should be lodged in mental asylum.
Nameless people like ProPak are curse of God on this earth.
Mirza did not do any thing wrong by calling a murderer a killer and dakoo a dacoit…Altaf Husain as the whole pakistan knows is a killer, a dakoo, a bathakhor etc. And Mirza is the only couragse person who openly and publically utter this truth..even if ths was not true; was it a reason to kill so many people..PPP must hv the courage to bring all those killers to justice. An operation inline with Naseerullah babur is essential for the peace of karachi. pakistan security institution must do some thng to make the people of KArachi (including urdu speaker) free from these bullies..
Bhoka Nanga Bhikari Mohajair Ai tha India say jin ko Sindh walo na rahna ka liya jaga dee. ajj who Sindh ka Bashindo ko bol rahay ha ka SIndh ko Taqseem karo or naya suba banao. agar Afgan Mohajrin, Iraqee, Libyan Mohajreen jis country may panha lay ga wha bola ga ka hum ko alg Suba do, Queen ka wafadar Gar Mulki Altaf hussain, Agar itna he bahadur ha to ai na Pakistan., kyoo Chohay ki tarha bhatha ha london may, 50cc honda ay ghom na wala, 2 room ka qamray may rahanay wala Batai is ki kon si Jaidada hai Pakistan jo, LOndan may rah ta ha so many year say,.Bhata, Qatal, Kidnaping in say mal kama taha,
Read History Of “BLOOD Gang”, and “CRIPs” on Google. same MQM us ko follow ker rahe he, farq sirf itna ha ka MQM Drugs nahe sale ker te or “BLOOD” or “CRIPS” politics may nahe ha.
@Amjad Cheema
For you,being pro Pakistan is a curse of God and being pro PPP is a blessing,right? I am proud to be pro Pakistan.
Bear in mind that PPP is a curse of ALLAH.
PPP hates honest people.
PPP loves corrupt people.
PPP can not tolerate honest officers.
PPP can go to any extent to protect goons like Zardari,Zulfikar Mirza and corrupts like Moonis Ellahi.
All supporters of PPP are a curse of ALLAH.
PPP govt in Pakistan is curse of ALLAH.
May ALLAH annihilate them ASAP. AAmeeen
zulli bunam hui PP teray liye
correction
zulli budnam hui PP teray liye
DR ZULFIQAR MIRZA’S STATEMENT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. AS HE SAID “MQM” IS A CRIMINAL AND GANGSTER POLITICAL PARTY. MQM IS RESPONSIBLE OF KILLING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENTS PEOPLE OF KARACHI. IT IS TRUE THAT MQM IS BIGGEST LAND MAFIA GROUP AND “BHUTTA GROUP” IN KARACHI. IT IS SHAME THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MQMM IS TERRIORIST ORGANIZATION, BUT EVERY POLITICAL PARTY WANTS TO MAKE ALLIANCE WITH THIS VIOLENT GROUP.IN MR. MIRZA STATEMENT ONLY ONE SENTENCE WAS WRONG, IN WHICH HE INSULTED THE MOAHJAIR . AND THIS SENTENCE IS DEPLOREABLE, BECAUSE PPP IS FEDERAL PARTY AND IT IS NOT PARTY OF ONE PROVINCE OR ONE CITY. BUT EVERY OTHER SENTENCE WAS TRUE. MEDIA ALWAYS LOOKS OPPORTUNITY TO DEFAME PPP.THIS TIME ALSO MEDIA DID THE SAME THING. BUT NO ONE WANTS TO SAY THAT MQM IS BIGGEST THREAT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF PAKISTAN. A TIME WILL COME , WHEN MQM WILL DEMAND A SEPARATE PROVINCE, AND WHEN PAKISTAN WILL BE MORE WEAK, MQM WILL DEMAND A SEPARATE COUNTRY. IN THE END, I WOULD ANSWER TO MR. ANSAR BURNI , WHO WANTS TO DO DR. MIRZA’S MEDICAL CHECK UP, PLEASE DO FIRST YOUR CHECK UP, MAYBE YOU ARE BLIND AND DEAF, THAT’S WAY YOU CANNOT SEE THOSE INNOCENTS PEOPLE , WHO WAS MURDERED AND BURNED BY ALTAF HUSSAIN AND HIS FOLLOWERS AND MR. ANSAR BURNI YOU CANNOT HEAR THE CRY OF THOSE INNOCENTS SINDHIS AND PAKHTIOONS AND PUNJABIS, WHO WERE BURNED DOWN BY THE MQM’S TERIORISTS.MR. ANSAR BURNI, YOU ARE SO STUPID THAT YOUR HAVE FORGOTTEN 19TH MAY ALSO.YOU ARE NOT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUT YOU ARE WORSE THAN ANY ANIMAL. JAI BHUTOO