Sindh CM accepts MQM advisers' resignations
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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday accepted resignations of four advisers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
The chief minister has sent the approval to the Speaker Sindh Assembly, whereas an official notification in this regard was also being issued.
The acceptance of resignation comes as the party has parted its ways with the provincial government in response to alleged statements made against their leader Altaf Hussain and Muhajirs by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership.
MQM leader Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui had earlier criticised the PPP and accused them of indulging in the politics of hatred and ethnicity.
Siddiqui had said the language used repeatedly against their party chief was not tolerable, adding that they had been patient all this time only at the insistence of Altaf Hussain. "It is not possible to continue the coalition any longer," he said.
MQM 'black day' brings Karachi to standstill
Business and routine affairs in the port city were at a standstill on Sunday as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) observed a 'black day' over the 'Muhajir' controversy raised by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah.
Almost all petrol pumps in the city were closed and public transport was off the roads. Karachi University also announced the postponement of all examinations scheduled for the day.
The party, in a statement issued in the evening, thanked the business and transporters' community for supporting the strike and appealed to them for the resumption of business activities and public transport services.
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| The city bore a deserted look as vehicular traffic remained sparse on the roads. — File Photo |
The MQM said late Saturday night that it would hold a demonstration at the Sharae Quaideen-Sharae Faisal intersection at 3pm on Sunday (today).
The party’s supremo, Altaf Hussain, appealed to traders and transporters to keep their businesses shut and not to bring their vehicles on roads to support the ‘peaceful’ black day.
Speaking at a press conference at the party’s headquarters ‘Nine Zero’, MQM leader Abdul Haseeb said black flags would be hoisted at all party offices across the country, adding that October 17, 2014, was the “most unfortunate day in the history of Pakistan” given that the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly termed 'Muhajir' an objectionable word at least four times.
Haseeb said the PPP leader had hurt the feelings of Muhajirs by repeatedly saying that this word was like an expletive to him. He urged people and clerics of different schools of thought to condemn the remarks.
However, Shah had apologised and retracted his earlier statement after facing criticism. The Opposition Leader in the National Assembly said his remarks that ’the use of word Muhajir was an insult’ did not mean to hurt any one, adding that he takes back his words in case they caused any offence.
The PPP leader clarified that he himself was a Muhajir since his ancestors had moved to Sindh several centuries ago but now he considered himself as a native. He added that MQM chief also used to call the province as ‘his motherland’ so it was better if the community identified itself as Sindhis rather than Muhajirs.
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Oct 26, 2014 11:19am
What a shameful condition we are in. This is 2014 and we still haven't changed.
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Oct 26, 2014 11:20am
Just like Muslims of Pre-partition India , Non Sindhis can never attain 67% of seats in the Sindh Assembly. It will be SANE to make two or more administrative parts out of sind amicably and without any bad-blood btw the brothers for the ultimate Good. Today elected member from interior Sind lives in Karachi & keeping condition of their constitution same as 100 years ago. New partitions will force them to live in their constituency & solve issues of their towns. Always Chief Minister of Sindh is a sindhi speaking, why? No representation of urban Sind in Sind Govt. By these divisions Wadear kingdom will also break . Jeya Sind concept will also eliminate 4 ever. We will respect each other local culture but not imposing our culture.We do not speak Sindhi, We are not sindhi, We r only Pakistani.
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Oct 26, 2014 11:27am
Syed Khursheed Shah must be impeached. MQM done the right thing to call strike. Separate provinces are essential for strong PAKISTAN. Sindh should be free from wadera system. MNA from interior sindh must live in their constituencies to improve living standard of their poor voters. Unfortunately all members lives in defense or Clifton Karachi and elected from khairpur, larkana. Administration divisions will force them to stay in their constituency.
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Oct 26, 2014 11:42am
@MMM Shame to Syed Khurshid Shah
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Oct 26, 2014 11:57am
Altaf Husain was born & grew up in Karachi. He called himself a "Mohajir" while living in the Muslim country of his birth for which his own parents likes millions of other Muslims, gave so much to create this Muslim country. Yet, Altaf Husain is living so happily in a foreign non-Muslim country but does not feel or call himslef a "Mohajir" in his adopted country of UK. Why don't we all just get over this Non-sense & call ourselves just Pakistanis because we all were born here in this great country of ours for which our parent gave huge sacrifices. Instead of shutting it down every few days & making every ones lives miserable, why don't we all unite, contribute & build a better country for ourselves & for our future generations, we owe it them.
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Oct 26, 2014 11:58am
My parents migrated from present day India but I was born in Karachi. I think his intentions saying " word mohajir is like a gaali to him" did not mean in a bad way but it was like Urdu speaking people, please do not call yourself Mohajir after 60 years.
I think protest by MQM is more of Political. It reminds me when Mumtaz Bhutto tried to make sindhi as mandatory in Sindh and there was huge protest on it in Karachi......"Urdu Ka Janaza Bari dhoom se Niklay" by Rais Umrohi....and that was a BAD politiks also.
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Oct 26, 2014 12:03pm
It shows that people have zero confidence in the government of Sind.People know that their interests cannot be safeguarded by the state.What a shameless performance of Sind Government.
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Oct 26, 2014 12:06pm
Sindh is name of Unity. No Division. Join and rule instead of divide in rule.
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Oct 26, 2014 12:14pm
MQM is justified in pressing its demand for more provinces throughout Pakistan including Sindh. A single CM cannot efficiently work for such a vast area & population. I dont understand what is wrong in dividing administrative power.
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Oct 26, 2014 12:35pm
Making the Mohajirs fool since 1972, every rank and file is full of non-Mohajirs when it comes to employment.
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Oct 26, 2014 12:35pm
People of Karachi are caught in this destructive games of strikes , target killers, and sectarian violence. Political parties have used issues to divide people on linguistic ,ethnic, sectarian basis. With regards to MQM when they are in power they never bring up separate province or quota system or all the injustices being done to Karachi. They were in power and complete control of Karachi in dictator Musharraf era, did they for a separate province, NO. I wonder if Altaf Husain will demand a separate province in great Britain as he has migrated and now is a citizen of England . The only reason that MQM insist on people of Karachi to be called mohajirs so they can justify separate identity for the people and in turn claim to be their representative. Urdu language cannot be used for this purpose as it is the national language of Pakistan. I was born in Karachi, I never migrated from India, so how can I be called a mohajir, and if some one makes a argument that my parents are Urdu speaking, well they also speak English, that does not mean they are from England. Creating identity crisis is just ploy to divide people. We should be Pakistanis , rise above linguistic, ethnic, sectarian, regional differences. My sincere opinion is that people of Pakistan have cease to exist as a nation, till we reaffirm our belief In Pakistan as one nation not divided by language, region or sects we will not rise.
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Oct 26, 2014 12:35pm
MQM just want more ministries, so that, they can make more money
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Oct 26, 2014 12:41pm
Shame on MQM for disrupting business activities in Karachi and causing losses to the country,s economy.
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Oct 26, 2014 12:49pm
How about both parties grow the *insert expletive* up. Shutting down Karachi because someone hurt your feelings? Sounds a bit like a childish tantrum. And Khursheed Shah's comment is kind of useless too. Ethnicity based politics instead of issue based politics is the hallmark of our system and underlies our failure. It really is time to move past this trivialities.
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Oct 26, 2014 01:12pm
There are economic migrants in Paksitan but no muhajir. Muhajir's were only those companion of Prophet (SAWS) who migrated from Mecca to Madina and that they were only called muhajirs temporarily after a short time they were identified as locals.
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Oct 26, 2014 01:17pm
first of all he apologized for his words secondly y MQM feel the need of black day after about a week ,,, simply to provoke ppl and create an atmosphere of hatred and ethnic violence ,,, shame on both parties
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Oct 26, 2014 01:18pm
Just make 100 provinces so people could kick out incompetent and haressing people out fast.
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Oct 26, 2014 01:34pm
Only one solution, Two or more division of Sindh. Karachi population is more than rest of sindh
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Oct 26, 2014 01:55pm
While the way Mr. Shah used the word 'mohajir' is objectionable and should be condemned, I wonder why it is only in Sindh that those who left India for Pakistan are still 'mohajirs' whereas they are identified with respective provincial identities in other provinces? I just wonder why?
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Oct 26, 2014 02:01pm
Making new provinces in Pakistan is the only remedy to this situation
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Oct 26, 2014 02:11pm
MQM never had any important ministries. PPP is never fair.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:12pm
Unfair treatments towards Mohajir cause the problems. There are four provinces and 5 domiciles. A Karachi population is more than rest of Sindh but Karachi representation in assemblies is very minimal compare to other parts of Sindh, Why?
Continuous discrimination against Urdu Speaking is creating frustration amongst Mohajir. MQM still wants administration division not ethnic partition; this is good for Pakistan and will also help to eliminate feudal system or kingdom
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Oct 26, 2014 02:43pm
that would have been 'accepted' much earlier.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:44pm
@Neutral observer Agreed......what else that could do.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:45pm
altaaf hussain must be the only leader in the world who cannot return to the city he rules. Why is this? its because he is a thug. It is not about mohajir rights anymore. This is goonda gardi plain and simple, I pray the mohajir community wake up from the mess he is leading them into.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:48pm
@Sid You are not welcomed how can u join. No merit system all quota system for rural area.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:49pm
@ Neutral observer: Which business suffer loss on Sunday.?????......Usually everything become normal after 3 pm. MQM should strike for separate province, instead of concentrating on meter shah statement.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:49pm
@Saima Khan : Yes true shame to Khurshid shah.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:53pm
@iftekhar : I agree with u 100%. No merits. No mohajirs in government service. Advertisements clearly says Residents of Karachi need not apply. No local police. No local bodies. Demand for province is no doubt genuine.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:56pm
@Sam : If not 100 provinces at least 2 in each province of Pakistan. People need basic living amenities near their door.
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Oct 26, 2014 02:57pm
@N 100% right. People want their rights.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:00pm
@Zulfikar : Wader as of Sind are ruling the province. They are not integrating immigrants, they do not want to give them rights as done by Punjab, so the problem exists.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:02pm
@mib : Very true. No important ministry given to MQM. PPP very unfair.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:03pm
@waqas : Yes new provinces are required.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:22pm
@Sam You have very positive thinking, I wish everyone has same positive thinking like, then there will no more problems in our beloved province Sindh and our dear country Pakistan.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:25pm
@iftekhar I do not know, where you have figures that Urdu speaking community is not employed by Public sector. I suggest you that you should better go and check different government departments, and you would find so many of Urdu speaking brothers and sisters are employed by the Public sector, please do not spread hatred, we all have to live together with peace and harmony.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:28pm
@N Where did you get this number that Karachi has more population than rest of Sindh? Mind it that in Karachi people from all over Pakistan and non-Pakistanis livem so, you think other communities would allow the division of Karachi, it will lead to a bloodshed, which any true Pakistani would not want.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:31pm
@mib First of all, why MQM likes to join government, regardless, whosoever in the government, whether they are PPP, PML(N), and Musharraf. MQM has been in government since 1988 on and off, and they enjoyed so much power during the tenure of Mushraff dictator. MQM governor has been there for so many years, what else MQM wants?
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Oct 26, 2014 03:44pm
Where is Khawaja Saad Rafique or Pervaiz Rashid? Ask them to say that this "black day" has caused irreparable loss to country's economy
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Oct 26, 2014 03:47pm
This is the way they run the government. They are the main obstacle in the development of Sindh. appoint a Mohajir CM & see the real development of Sindh. They are against the formation of another province because they are afraid that the new province might render them obsolete.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:58pm
4 advisers? What advise did they give to CM of Sindh ? Nothing worth a dime & nickel. Another way of milking treasury. MQM is the worst enemy of business men, one call from Altaf Hussain , whole Karachi is shut down, business closed, schools, colleges shut down. PPP must show its strength, kick MQM out of the government, find another coalition partner. All threats from MQM are nothing but exploitation. Based on party's last history, it will make another U-Turn and rejoin the government.
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Oct 26, 2014 04:05pm
@shafiq khan, Do you have an Idea that why Quota system was introduced? How could a student from rural Sindh can compete with s student of Karachi Sindh, you guys, who are commenting here, I am sure none of you have ever visited rural Sindh. There standard of education is not even a close to each other, so, therefore, student of rural Sindh has to compete through quota system. Most of rural Sindh they do not electricity, students have to walk so many kilometers to go to school. I really do not understand that Urdu speaking community has so much hatred for Sindhi community, you guys think that Sindhis will be like Native American, Sindhi people will be confined to reservations, like Native American are, though North America belonged to Native American, but Europeans are now controlling, there is mistake here, Sindhis are capable to rule their province, and we want take from every community on board to develop our motherland Sindh.
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Oct 26, 2014 04:06pm
Means another few tense days in Karachi until both parties sit together and resolve the conflict. Both PPP and MQM are dumb and do not know how to work together in harmony for the betterment of Sindh.
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Oct 26, 2014 04:07pm
Sindh will always remain undivided
Long live mother Sindh
Shame on those who want to divide Sindh
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Oct 26, 2014 04:09pm
Think about the daily wagers before calling for closing the city this way.
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Oct 26, 2014 04:10pm
@shafiq khan If you believe you are a mohajir means you are denying your right on local resources. If as representative of mohajir MQM has right on local resources than Afghan Mohajirs have same rights too.
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Oct 26, 2014 04:14pm
When this CM plans to resign himself? He has failed to control crime rate in province. He has failed to provide education to millions of poor children out of school. He has failed to provide medicaltreatment for poor. He has failed to reduce unemplument in the province. WHY poor tax payers should be paying his salary & perks. He has failed to deliver & he should resign.
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Oct 26, 2014 04:29pm
@Akram : Kindly note that MQM is not doing gundha gardi, it PPP who is doing it, coming to Karachi for jalsa and threatening them. No local body election, no merit system for jobs, no local police, all extra judicial killings, no important ministry given to MQM in province, PPP is not fair with the people of Karachi and Hyderabad.
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Oct 26, 2014 04:41pm
@shafiq khan What do you mean that they are having jalsas in Karachi. PPP can have jalsa anywhere especially in Karachi.
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Oct 26, 2014 05:20pm
At a minimum Sindh needs a census to satisfy the citizens that they have proportional representation in the government.
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Oct 26, 2014 05:21pm
@Fazal : I have no affiliation with MQM. I am not a mohajir. Yes Afghan mohajir living here has right on local resources, just like immigrants going to any other country have. English word for mohajir is immigrant.
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Oct 26, 2014 05:25pm
@Saima Khan, I agree with every thing you said except the first line. Khursheed Shah did not think it through, made a silly comment, and apologized for it. Let us be fair and move on.
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Oct 26, 2014 05:36pm
@abbas kd, We need to focus on the substantive issue, how somebody identifies himself only has a trivial value. People in Pakistan identify themselves as Panjabi, Balochi, Sindhi, Pashtoon, Muhajir, etc. Pashtoons are further divided as Pathans, Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Hazaras. What difference does it make? United States still has African Americans even though they are born in United States. This fight goes away if all the citizens of Pakistan are treated equally and given their due based on merit and equity.
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Oct 26, 2014 05:41pm
@Sam, Good comment Sam. Politicians are taught to not let any opportunity go to waste. However, there are serious issues for the citizens of Sindh and Pakistan that need to be brought to forefront and addressed to avoid further escalation.
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Oct 26, 2014 05:52pm
"@shafiq khan, Do you have an Idea that why Quota system was introduced? How could a student from rural Sindh can compete with s student of Karachi Sindh, you guys, who are commenting here, I am sure none of you have ever visited rural Sindh. There standard of education is not even a close to each other, so, therefore, student of rural Sindh has to compete through quota system"
Wait a minute sir, do we have rural area only in Sindh or do we have all Einstein in other rural areas of Pakistan, why then quota system only in Sindh. Instead of implementing quota system, they should have built school, colleges & universities in rural Sindh & offered incentives to the enrolling students. The hard fact of the matter is they never wanted the subjects of their areas to get educated.
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Oct 26, 2014 06:34pm
There should be a referendum held against both PPP and MQM to end their monopoly.
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Oct 26, 2014 07:03pm
I don't see a problem with making more provinces. Just look at other countries of similar size. It will make the nation much stronger. However the criteria of this may be debated but those currently against this sole idea seems to be doing it only to save their vote banks
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Oct 26, 2014 07:12pm
@sameer : Governor is not an executive. He is representative of federal government, he do not interfere in sind government functioning. CM is the chief executive. Sameer please understand.
Thanks.
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Oct 26, 2014 07:16pm
@Saima Khan : I agree with you 100%. We all are Pakistani and we all want development and reasonable living standard, for this your suggesstions are practical and right. Lets hope our leaders understand. Thanks for giving comments.
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Oct 26, 2014 08:05pm
@abbas kd I agree that we all should just be Pakistanis, however there is a pre-requisite before that happens. The pre-requisite is that each gets equal opportunity in all fields. The discrimination based on one's place of birth has been going on for so many years, and until this is ended, your dream of each person considering himself/herself to be just Pakistani will remain just that -- a dream. Call me a pessimist, but this will never change because the discrimination in Pakistan will never end.
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Oct 26, 2014 08:05pm
It is very shameful for khurshid shah.he must give very careful and responsible remarks for karachiets.
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Oct 26, 2014 08:14pm
I believe administratively Sindh must be divided in 4 units for good governance and more stronger Pakistan
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Oct 26, 2014 08:17pm
@Zulfikar Figure it out. the big difference is that people who migrated to other provinces assimilated while those who moved to Sindh did not.
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Oct 26, 2014 08:19pm
@Youth you may be correct but that should not translate into further punishment of rural people.
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Oct 26, 2014 08:22pm
@shafiq khan what does the creation of new provinces have to do with providing basic amenities to the population?
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Oct 26, 2014 11:25pm
Strong local government is the only solution. I they make more provinces it will make more CMs more Ministers and more Advisers and nothing will change for people on the street.
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Oct 26, 2014 11:33pm
@D but you are calling yourself Muhajir! Only solution lies into social justice. No other solution could bring peace and harmony among different communities.
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Oct 27, 2014 12:44am
@Shahzad Kazi : New provinces will create more jobs, good control, local admistrative units will take care of the province, education, health, hospitals, sports, competition with other provinces, own CM, easily accessible, provincial ministers easily available, in short provinces are must for prosperity, control, good governance, distribution of resources, dispensing of justice, more high courts, speedy judgements, local police, in short it will be good for people.
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Oct 27, 2014 12:48am
Making new provinces in Pakistan is the only remedy to this situation
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Oct 27, 2014 01:22am
@Shahzad Kazi
Smaller units --- easier to handle , less corruption , no fight about rights based on language --- trust me , there is discrimination based on language. No discrimination against certain area or city
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Oct 27, 2014 02:06am
@Kamran Memon : I agree with you 100%, we need more provinces to solve our problems.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:26am
@Jawad :Very true. Smaller units less corruption, less discrimination, more competition and more prosperity.
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Oct 27, 2014 03:51am
City was deserted due to fear of violence and terrorism - not as a show of solidarity. LOL
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Oct 27, 2014 03:55am
@D First of all try to learn about the name of province! It's "Sindh" not 'Sind'. There is nothing called 'Interior Sindh' in the history books of Pakistan. Sorry to say but 100 years ago condition of the cities of Sindh were far better than todays (so you are wrong here). As it is, always Punjab's Chief Minister is Punjabi speaking.
You are totally ignorant, ignoring the reality that there are Sindhi speakers and Sindhi people - you do not speak 'Pakistani' since Pakistani is not a language. Very ignorant comment that I have read here!
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Oct 27, 2014 03:57am
@abbas kd Sadly not Immigrants of India made this country; rather it were homegrown Sindhi leaders like Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Sind Assembly where the resolution for Pakistan was tabled by future Sindhi nationalist friend of Jinnah, "G. M. Syed'
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Oct 27, 2014 03:57am
Extremely shameful that so-called liberal party MQM is maligning Khursheed Shah by misusing Balsphemy Law. Says much about Roshan-Khiyali of MQM.
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Oct 29, 2014 05:32am
this is how israel was made.......in the balfour declaration in london where the british told the zionist leaders that the they will be allowed to make israel on palestinian land where they will be allowed to go first as refugees.,,,,see the connection .....the plot is brewing in london by british intelligence for the illegal occupation of land by an alien people who will be their proxies in the region and carry out their policy,,,,,the difference is that in palestine jews were used against muslims but in this case it will be urdu muslims will play the role against sindhi muslims
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