bsobaid...
Do you remember ( i mean were u an adult or kid at that time) that era when there were pushtun-urdu riots???
I will accept that at that time all urdu speakers were tortured (which I really doubt as I would ask for the official or un-officual figures of deaths of urdu speakers and will accept your figures) but pray tell me.. was that riot due to a direct hatred or conflict of interest between urdu speakers and Pushtu Speakers?????? No! It was a election / Political Issue which sparked between these two ethnic groups...
And Let me be a bit Direct here! Who was fatima jinnah? Sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah! Isn't it? so if I oppose Fatima jinnah, some of people will criticise me.. if this is the case then this Shakseeyat parastee and the seed of Family politics was planted in that era too! Will you disagree on that?
I do appreciate and think highly of Jinnah for his efforts and achievements and do regard him our BABA ye Qoum despite my reservations about some of his judgements but thats not a related matter here... So opposing fatima jinnah is not or was not a crime! (Though! I have no doubts that Gohar Ayub was another dirty politician and If i had that chance, i would have casted my vote for fatima Jinnah)
having clear that point.... I still think that urdu speakers do use this event in history to "Justify" their atrocities in the shape of MQM! I can't comprehend that why do we have to justify ourselves all the time! Why can't one just "Accept" their flaws andmove on!
Also the term Karachite isnot reserved for just urdu speakers! ANY ONE who lives in karachi or was born in karachi is a karachite! A BUS DRIVER MISBEHAVING WITH A KARACHITE IS MISBEHAVING WITH A KARACHITE AND NOT JUST URDU SPEAKERS!
Also,its the same bus driver who gets burned alive with his bus in protest of electricity load shedding, political unrest or an accident across the city! Shall i say that you can not show mw one single example in karachi where pukhtoons have burnt some one's car or bus just cuz hey were not happy with loadshedding or things like no water...
I am a Karachite too! I know that city like back of my hand! I know its problems and I know the solutions too but I can't see any betterment in relations of different ethnic groups unless MQM stops its Ghunda gardeee politics and alienate their Don Altaf!
Posted 2 years ago on 29 Jun 2009 0:22
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