It seem the stupid and blatantly false statement of an ANP minister has either been downplayed or sensor-ed by the print media in Pakistan. He had as reported by TV alleged that Pakhtoons are being massacred in Karachi and it will have serious consequences all over the country and Pakhtoon know how to die as well as to kill.
There was sharp repudiation from MQM who alleged that ANP leaders are trying to incite ethnic riots in Karachi for their vested interest and that many Pakhtoons as well people from different provinces are members of MQM. They accused that ANP leaders in Karachi protect criminals involved in illicit arms and drug trade and land mafia. Many terrorists from FATA who have fled after military operation are hiding in Karachi and some of them have been nabbed..
According to the figures published early this months out of 94 victims of target killing in Karachi this year only 14 were pakhtoons, 24, belonged to MQM and 41 to MQM Hagiqi and rest to other parties including JI and PPP. .All over Pakistan more than 1100 people have been killed in terrorists attacks this year. Target killing is quite frequent in Baluchistan and NWFP.
Terrorists have been able to create a sense of peril and lack of security all over Pakistan and life in Karachi for all ethnic groups seems to less perilous than the Khayber Pakhtoonkhaw.
- Arif N. Khan
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