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The brutal murder of PTI’s  senior leader in Karachi has created panic in the city. PTI’s chief blames Mr. Hussain for the murder. It is tool early to tell who has killed Zahra Hussain. PTI’s supporters are blaming MQM because he openly threatened them in a speech.

Shahzeb Jillani thinks that arrival of PTI on Karachi’s political landscape has panicked PTI. I agree with him.  He wrote:

The arrival of Imran Khan’s PTI party on Karachi’s political landscape is unsettling for the city’s biggest stakeholder, the MQM. PTI’s growing popularity is rooted in young voters, women and the educated middle class. These are more or less the same segments of the electorate MQM claims to have represented for nearly three decades.

I think MQM leaders should try to reorganize their party instead of showing violent reaction at the emergence of PTI in Karachi.

Even if Imran Khan’s PTI does well in Karachi’s re-run of voting, the results won’t change the big picture. However, it will give PTI an influential foothold in Pakistan’s commercial capital, something MQM will see as a major setback.

MQM needs to tread cautiously. International media has also started writing about the party.

British High Commissioner Adam Thomson took notice of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s statements  of “separating Karachi” on Wednesday, reported Express News.

Thousands of complaints were sent to the London metropolitan police after Altaf addressed his supporters in Karachi where he allegedly threatened PTI supporters who were protesting against rigging.

Altaf also said that Karachi should be separated from Pakistan if the mandate given to the MQM by the people is not acceptable.

The news reports indicates that British authorities will take action against him. They do not want to strain their relation with the new elected government in Pakistan.

Mr. Hussain’s opponents took advantage of his mistake and attacked. I know this will not end his grip over his supporters for the time being.  However, British government decides to ban on his speeches, it will prove disastrous for him and the party. I don’t why did he give such an inflammatory statement.  He was trying create supporters in Punjab. His statement has dented his image.

Fear of bomb attacks has forced parties to cancel their big gatherings.  There is no doubt this will affect the turn out on the election day in Karachi. MQM haters are saying that the party will loose some of its seats because JI and emergence of PTI in Karachi.  I don’t think so.

MQM has field candidates on  national and 42 provincial assembly seats of Karachi. The ANP has nominated 15 candidates, PTI 19 and JI 12 candidates. The PMLN has also contesting from 5 seats. JUI-F has also fielded candidates on seven seats.

Pundits are saying that MQM will loose seats. However, you will see that division of votes will put many seats in MQM’s bag.  Pakhtoon votes will be divided between ANP, JI and JUI-F. This will help MQM.  In some areas, Punjabi voters will also vote for Jammat-Islami.

The Majlis Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen is a new player in Karachi. It can divide PPP votes in many constituency.

Bhuttoism is dead among the people of Lyari because of poverty, deprivation, miseries, shortages of clean drinking water and electricity, joblessness and poor law and order situation.

The chief of Karachi City Alliance, Sardar Uzair Jan Baloch has said these word.

I am shocked to the the situation in Lyari. It was a stronghold of PPP. Now it appears that people of the area are extremely angry with the PPP. The Business Recorded reported:

Ahead of May 11 polls, Lyari’s streets and roads are eerily silent, as only right-wing political groups are taking out rallies and staging corners meetings to mobilise electoral support. Lyari in the past used to give a much different look ahead of elections, as Baloch youth would dance on the hypnotic beat of Leva, people used to proudly carry body paintings of PPP’s election symbol of ‘arrow’ and loud party music was much in vogue during the party’s polls drive.

We all have been watching what been happening in Lyari.  The people of Lyari are going through an ordeal since PPP government came to power.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) late on Thursday blamed ‘a Punjab based party’ for having a militant wing which carried out the Burns Road bombing, injuring at least eight people, DawnNews reported.

At least eight people were injured in a large blast targeting an electoral office of Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Karachi’s crowded Burns Road on Thursday night.

In an apparent reference to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), an investigative report by the MQM’s Rabita (coordination) Committee suggested that the militant wing of the party is comprised of religious extremist elements

I think this is a preposterous statement. Mr. Nawaz is a popular leader of Punjab and enjoys good support. News reports and analysts says his position is very strong strong Punjab and could form the next government in Islamabad.

MQM’s anger and frustration is justified. However, it should not hurl accusations this way.  We know that PMLN has succeeded in winning the support of Sunni organization like Ahl-i-Sunnat Waljamat (ASWJ). MQM leaders should not fuss over this.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) late on Thursday blamed ‘a Punjab based party’ for having a militant wing which carried out the Burns Road bombing, injuring at least eight people, DawnNews reported.

At least eight people were injured in a large blast targeting an electoral office of Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Karachi’s crowded Burns Road on Thursday night.

In an apparent reference to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), an investigative report by the MQM’s Rabita (coordination) Committee suggested that the militant wing of the party is comprised of religious extremist elements

I think this is a preposterous statement. Mr. Nawaz is a popular leader of Punjab and enjoys good support. News reports and analysts says his position is very strong strong Punjab and could form the next government in Islamabad.

MQM’s anger and frustration is justified. However, it should not hurl accusations this way.  We know that PMLN has succeeded in winning the support of Sunni organization like Ahl-i-Sunnat Waljamat (ASWJ). MQM leaders should not fuss over this.

The PPP, MQM and ANP said the ‘local and international establishment’ is hijacking the May 11 polls. The News has reported.

The members of the parties have failed to explain who are these  ‘‘local and international establishment’?

These party should except their mistakes and ask for forgiveness instead of blaming on others.

It is good to see that Taliban has forced them to unite on a single issue facing them. Rehman Malik had been the interior minister of this country and miserable failed to control Taliban.

Now they are talking about ‘Join efforts’ to fight the Taliban. They had made these efforts when they were in power, Karachi would have been a peaceful city.

How would MQM run its election campaign? This is everything is thinking in Karachi. Yesterday, a woman an activist from MQM came to my house and delivered me pamphlets. I admired the courage of the lady from the women’s wing who is going from door to door to convince people to vote for MQM.

MQM is blaming government agencies for the present crisis. I think it is wrong to blame them. They have been in coalition for five years and could use the state apparatus to eliminate to Taliban in the city. How would they expect this from the interim government to do that?

The question is: Who is to be blamed for the crisis in three provinces? Is some from the government telling Taliban to kill the leaders of MQM, PPP and ANP.

We have to find answer for this question. There is no doubt Taliban is attacking MQM offices. They are doing this hurt MQM’s election campaign. Faisal should give us in detail why Taliban is doing this .  I accept that Taliban’s action will help PMLN and JI win many seats. It does not mean PMLN and JI are paying them hurt them.

It is wrong to say that Taliban is an armed wing of Jamaat Islami. Yes, Jamaat supports their ideology a little.

Haider Abbas Rizvi talked about his party’s performance. What performance has MQM shown?  People will again vote for MQM because they do not expect any good from PMLN. Mr. Shahbaz’s statement on power crisis has dismayed Karachi’s resident.

In an important political development, Awami National Party (ANP) leader Shahi Syed will visit Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters Nine Zero tonight (Tuesday).

It is expected that representatives from the MQM, ANP and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will meet at Nine Zero tonight. The meeting will be attended by Rehman Malik, Farooq Sattar and other leaders from the three parties.

The news has given me a shock.  It is really an important development. The news tells me that situation in Karachi is really serious.

MQM had to cancel its women’s convention because of a security threat.  MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan told the press that that police told them that militants had plan to attack the gathering. I think MQM took the right decision by canceling the event.

The party has decided to use social social media and other forums to approach their voters. They have decided to use Twitter and Facebook to carry out their election campaigns. Public gatherings have become too risky.

Khawaja Izharul Hassan claimed that they were very vocal on social media. I don’t think so. We see few some people representing them who love to bash people. They must respond with calm and restrain to people who put tough question. They should not worry about trolls. They pay attention to their genuine voters who are on social media and they love to interact with their leaders.