The Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General, Liaquat Baloch, has stressed upon the PPP, the MQM and the ANP to stop patronage of the law breakers in Karachi to pave way for peace in the city.
In a statement here on Sunday, he said, the elements enjoying
political support were involved in the Karachi violence. It was the MQM
that introduced violence, extortion and target killings in politics and
now all the parties in the Sindh ruling alliance had adopted the
patronage of criminals under the official umbrella.
He said the government which was responsible for the law and order
and protection of the life and property of the citizens was itself
playing with the people’s lives. As a result, the business community
and the affected citizens had demanded handing over the mega city to
the armed forces.
He said the Army Chief Gen. Kayani’s statement correctly pointed out
the problem. However, he said, if after FATA, Khyber P. and
Balochistan, Karachi was also brought under military operation and
military control, how could the remaining part of the country be saved
from the military supremacy.
He said it did not look proper for a political, democratic
government to seek military support instead of going for the
enforcement of the law as this reflect the failure of the political and
democratic forces.
Liaquat Baloch demanded that law should be enforced without any
discrimination in Karachi adding that every body knew the target
killers and extortionists who must be uprooted. SANA
