Karachi in crisis
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The News International, Pakistan
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Words now seem insufficient to describe or to condemn the regular descent into violence we see in Karachi. The most recent round has taken an especially dangerous form, with at least five and possibly up to nine members of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-H) among the 13 people killed in planned, targeted attacks. Within a week, 29 people are reported to have died as a result of such murders. Even more ominously, the ethnic tensions that have this year gripped Karachi on at least two occasions and brought it to a screeching halt as people cower within their homes could resurface again with at least one of those killed stated to be a member of the ANP. That party and the MQM have over the past month been locked in increasingly angry verbal exchanges.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Words now seem insufficient to describe or to condemn the regular descent into violence we see in Karachi. The most recent round has taken an especially dangerous form, with at least five and possibly up to nine members of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-H) among the 13 people killed in planned, targeted attacks. Within a week, 29 people are reported to have died as a result of such murders. Even more ominously, the ethnic tensions that have this year gripped Karachi on at least two occasions and brought it to a screeching halt as people cower within their homes could resurface again with at least one of those killed stated to be a member of the ANP. That party and the MQM have over the past month been locked in increasingly angry verbal exchanges.
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Labels: Karachi, Sectarionism
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