The irony. People protesting in Washington on the call of a man in London to solve problems in Karachi. 68 years on, after the passing of one complete generation, these people are still "Mohajirs"??? How long will they keep discriminating themselves, and when will they become PAKISTANI?? And what is the struggle that they have vowed to continue?? What are they aiming for?? Why don't they just join the mainstream and work hand-in-hand with all other people towards creating a better society ???

All 10 people showed up. lol. Babar Ghauri is in Houston. Did he bother showing up?

What goes around comes around if you harm people you can't get away even Obama can't help

No mention of the number of people who attended this protest?

How long are you going stay Muhajirs? You are Muhajirs in U.S. too. Why don't you do what you do in Karachi and see what kind of treatment you receive.

Thats very good STEP, Americans should know where their funds are spent. They will keep this in mind when issuing next installment of AID

@Salman at least 10,you can tell from the picture

As far as I am concerned MQM should be banned. Moreover all the sardars/leaders hiding abroad and working against the interests of the people of Pakistan should be charged with treason and stripped of their citizenship.

Time to listen to Ustaad Amanat Ali's song Aye Waatan Piyary Wataan Pak Waatan... and clear the fog in the head of so many ; you cannot rule Karachi from Nawabshah,Lahore or Islamabad. Power must belong to the people. The Police must come under the City Government or the Mayor. Karachi is a Mega City just like New York and London or Mumbai so why treat it differently.

Americans are not naives. They know that MQM has got a militant wing, holding karachi peace at knife edge , for years.

Surprise , what president of United States has to do with the internal affairs of Pakistan,above it is United States who want Pakistan to fight against terrorism it is exercise in futile

@Tariq K Sami You should not be able to rule Karachi from London also....

what a bunch of losers

This is just CRAZY.

Have they did this kind of protest while favoring Pakistan ?whenever it was needed or in Public Favor too ?

How many of them in the picture got plots from china cutting?

@hamza what would you say about PTI and their protests?

Are they protesting against the improved law and order situation in Karachi?

Very funny these guys are asking Obama to rescue them. Why don't they ask their leader in London to rescue them who has suspended them.

@Akil Akhtar that's what we are demanding local government local governance...

Hahaha. I saw these people today.

It wasn't long a go when wikki leaks disclose the Email of US counselor in Karachi,to state department. He mentioned that MQM is involved in ransom, extortion killing and other criminal activity.

What a joke. As if Obama has nothing else to do.

FOR REAL?? now you want US to interfere in our INTERNAL MATTERS??

If anyone has visited the White House, you will notice an assorted number of protests in form posters, banners and some protesters. For most people, both inside and outside the White House, these protests are just a tad bit entertaining. No tears are shed. Nothing changes despite some of them parking there for months. The MQM protesters also know how ineffective their protests are. Obama does not give a damn. Nor do anyone else except the protesters who can now send selfies to their leader at large, to prove their loyalty to him. Nothing more. Nothing less.

MQM is a desease. There are some Pakistani people in America also, who are suffering from it.

Social media n BBC exposed real face of MQM. The time is here now. You won't find refuge anywhere. Good going rangers. Clean this mess

Guess who have destroyed many lives in Karachi, destroyed many families and their aspirations, created a culture of fear and killing streets, given rise to bhatta khores, target killers and participated in systematic destruction of institutions, and became an accomplice to destruction of quality of life in Karachi? May Almighty destroy those who have destroyed Karachi.

One of the play card reads: MQM wont support pro ISIS or Al Qaida forces. Whose supporting both these in Pak? I had my doubts about the sanity of MQM supports, today i am clear. Get a life MQM supports.

Copy Cat , what PTI did yesterday at 10 dowing street Mqm did same , it seems Mqm don't have there own ideas

Does not make sense that Pakistani political parties hold rallies and demonstrations in foreign capitals and the Pakistani political leaders run their parties from abroad - Unique!

what's wrong with MQM, why they are asking international community for help rather settling issues at home. Their moves are utterly damaging Pakistan's image internationally.

@MAlvi .... The disease is ignorance.

How far the supporters of the criminals would go?

Before the Mohajirs (self claimed) complain of discrimination can they show us how many Sindhis, Punjabis, Pathans and Baloch are given jobs in karachi by them. While mohajirs have had higher representation in bureaucracy, military top brass etc compared to their population. I would know as I have seen it first hand.

Please, no bhatta khori there. Laws are very strict. Long jail times.

Somebody asked the right question here. Hiw long will you be muhagirs and not Pakistanies ? My family also migrated from India to Pakistan. How cone we dont call ourselves muhajirs?? I was born in 60s as a pakistani citizen -- not a muhajir. OK. There may be an issue with sindhi speaking vs urdu speaking --- but dont call your selves muhajir. Because if you consider yourself muhajir -- automatically means not pakistani. And besides --- how can you be muhajir if you are born here??

I would protest too if I lose my income. MQM is protesting to get their "income " back !

@Salman a tiny irrelevant crowd of paid protestors.

Sure. 12 people with 24 flags should convince everyone to stop the operation against economic terrorism.

@Akil Akhtar your comment " While mohajirs have had higher representation in bureaucracy, military top brass etc compared to their population. I would know as I have seen it first hand." What era are you talking about? 1950's , 1960's or may be 1970's but not after. Sadly, that era also coincides with golden era of pakistan when muhajir ran the national institution with sincerity, honesty and integrity.

Only God himself may save MQM - except what is destined. Everything that has a beginning, has an end!

to whom are you going to complain?Israel,India,Russia,China or the UN.Stop this drama.

nothing gonna save you now, you deserve this all

Should it be MQM or 10 people?

I would suggest a simple solution to MQM to please cooperate with law enforcement agencies and bring your clean workers in the party instead of protesting everywhere.

What a joke!

@Muhammad Ateeq Because nobody is ready to listen to them here.

@JHK If punjabi speaking can be called punjabi and still he is Pakistani, if sindhi speaking is called sindhi and still he is Pakistan then why urdu speaking being called Muhajir cannot be Pakistani? can you explain?

Good joke.... Keep it up MQM, no one will listen to you....

LOL. What is up with Muhajir nationalism. Such a failed attempt. Karachi is all of Pakistan's.

@Naqeeb Kindly suggest the Rangers to abide by the law and do not torture the suspects. Do the interrogation and present the case to courts for justice. Use of force will only increase hatred and militancy will increase. Saner elements go on back foot by use of force.

Why we don't see such protests against corruption, looting, and bad governance!

@Gary yes, by good governance please, by making Karachi a hub of best education in Asia please, and not by substituting weapons in young men's hand for books please. If MQM can do this, I bet MQM will rule Pakistan and I can be proud of Karachi from the bottom of my heart. Long live MQM, long live Pakistan.

@Salman 10

@concerned pakistani....well how can you claim that mohajir and sindi or punjabi are equal in terms of meaning. Former is a term used for people migrating or who have migrated. Latter is the term used to describe an ethnic background. Not all mohajirs are urdu speaking. And the point being raised is that how many of current mqm workers were actually born in india and migrated to pakistan. I think more than 90 percent are born in pakistan hence no longer mohajirs.

@karachiwala it is a metropolitan city it has to be ruled like any other city of country. There is no special treatment. Mohajir are no more in Pakistan, their forefathers migrated, and are not only in Karachi spread all over Pakistan mostly in Punjab.

@Concerned Pakistani Its due to the mother language. If I can speak the mother language whatever it is Pushto/Sindhi/Punajbi/Punjabi/Urdu/French/Bengali/Arabic etc I can be called as Pathan/Sindhi/French etc. even if I am not born in KPK/Sindh/France etc. Moreover, a Pathan, for eg, in Karachi born and brought in Karachi for the last few generations can still be called as Pathan because he can speak mother tongue Pushto. But if he has lost the mother tongue and only speak Urdu, he is more often called as "Urdu speaking" than pathan. Language is the part of the culture and not the place that goes along where you go. There are Punjabi, French, Urdu speaking, Arabic in the USA; they are they because they speak the mother tongue and not that there are Punjab, France etc in the USA. So mother tongue (culture) is the one which distinguishes us and not the place. Funny to use the word mujahir for Urdu Speaking, which neither is used for place of birth nor for language.

This current so called operation going on in Karachi is biased and politicized with only single agenda of eliminating a nominated democratic party. Unfortunately no one is listening to the pleas of MQM and its workers. Even a child knows that this operation is not happening accross the board. MQM has the right to raise their concerns internationally when no one is willing to listen locally.

@Gary : Being a citizen, i tell you that you are totally wrong.

So , MQM using popular hate form of ISIS and Al-Qaeda for our brave Pakistani Soldiers also. See the placard with MQM workers on USA street. MQM supremo is sitting in UK with this cabinet. Is this patriotism ??

Continued---- All Karachiites are supporting Armed Forces for the operation cleanup but with no discrimination. specially we are looking forward to see the operation clean up against all banned outfits operating in the city with out any fear. How come the militants of SSP/LeJ/ Talibans are roaming around freely in the city and involved in Brutal attacks like Safoora. which of the seminary is banned and closed for good ? How many Mullas are brought to justice for spreading hate ? As I said do not discriminate a terrorist by just tagging it to any political party. Do eliminate terror by fair trial of people involved in it not by just abusing someone.

I am not supporting the protest of MQM infront of US congress or Obama but do they have any choice left with in the country specially when everyone from media to Government be it Provincial or Federal government seems against them and not listening their genuine complaints. Mr. Altaf Hussain has appealed to PM, CM Sindh & even to COAS many times to listen his genuine complaints but in vain so what should some one do if felt to be cornered or unheard. Justice should prevail but not the selective or bias one.

So MQM is pleading USA ro interfere in Pakistan, and stop Karachi's move to better security sutuation?

@Tariq K Sami "you cannot rule Karachi from Nawabshah,Lahore or Islamabad" Nawabshah, Lahore and Islamabad are much closer to Karachi than London.

These protesters are the ones who applied for asylum visa in USA and now their refugee visa will surely be issued, after this fake protest.

so what does it mean???? mean that MQM is being supprted by these forces in past and now they are trying to compel USA to use its influence. the issue with MQM is pakitan interbal matter and obama has nothing yo do with it

@Concerned Pakistani ....which land are you living in .....If pakistani courts were so capable we would have no problems...give nothing to civilian courts only army courts we trust.

My father migrated from India ...... I am NOT a Mohajir. I am a Karachiwala but I dont support MQM. I am a Pakistani first then anything else.

I live in Washington DC, no more than 2 dozen people showed up... It doesn't talk about how those two dozen people were cursed by passing by Pakistanis Americans ...

Disgraceful Act

I believe that majority of you Mahajirs are highly qualified. Why don't you people understand that Mr. Altaf is playing Mahajir card to trap you people. Why don't you become Pakistani rather than sticking with your Mahjirism. The day you will become Pakistani, whole nation will stand beside you. Please stop blaming our armed forces. Our army is our pride and anyone who will talk against this respected institution, he/she will not be tolerated. Are all the media reports wrong which prove that your party members had been getting training in India? For God sake, think and use your common sense and reject such type of politics and play your positive role in the development of Pakistan.

@azi Without justice nations cannot survive. Be ready for the disaster.

10 ppl. what a protest mqm now on deathrow

Obama knows that MQM always victimizes the Karachi people.

For those who are harping the trumpet of Pakistan-ism.Remember how Mother of nation Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was treated by Ayub Khan. She was declared Indian and American agent and how she was disgraced, who raised voice for her.It was Karachi urdu speaking people stood by her.No Pathan no Sindhi no Punjabi no Balochi came for her. Us waqt kahan mar gai thi tum logon ki Pakistaniat.

lol - so after Bhai called for help from the RAW, now they want Mr. Obama to come for their rescue. They call themselves patriotic?

and drama serial goes on and on.

@SiD:"now you want US to interfere in our INTERNAL MATTERS??" You must be kidding. The US tells you what to think. Period.

What about PUNJAB which is only for Punjabi, KP for pathan, Balochistan for Baloch and why the Karachi is for all. Why the Mohajir is not the SHO of Pnjab, KP or Balochistan and why other peoples are ruling Karachi. It will definitely result as Bngaldesh.

MQM very well know who is the real boss and is in charge of the country....right forum to approach man!!!

UASS cannot resolve issues related to its own minorities.

@Karachiwala, I have not seen PTI protesting in Washington DC.

@TARIQ SHAHID I voted for Fatima Jinnah from Lahore. She had support all over West Pakistan and East Pakistan.

@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan The current operation by The Sindh Rangers, is designed to make MQM pure. The remaining MQM, after cleaning of the criminals, will be more powerful. MQM, should therfore fully support this operation. Same statement is true for PPP too.

90 percent of the people commuting negative doe not belong to Karachi, I have to doubt about this!

why do these political parties seek help from America and the west or saudia when they are in the opposition - people's party seek help from America from Zia regime for Bhutto and pml seek help from saudia from musharraf?

@Blue Saffron All Sardars and Zamindars are not abroad they are in Pakistan and harming the country through crouption since 1947.

What they want from Obama. How many lives they want from Karachi. Almost thousands were victimized of there role in Karachi. We do no want politics from abroad .if they are true come to Pakistan and prove them selves. From decades the city of lights and Pakistan economic the city of Karachi is in terrible situations.now in the time of justice they need plea. I salute to pak army and rangers. The only and one solution of the situation is to dissolve MQM..

How come no Pakistani flag. How come political parties prefer their own party flag over Pakistan flag? Be it PTI, PPP , ML any flavor, MQM etc. Is the loyalty first to the party and Pakistan is the last.

@Big Brother 1005 of people commenting belong to Pakistan and have a right to comment...

@Ali Kazmi Well said...wish all other MQM supporters had same logical thinking

@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan Whether the operation is across the Board or not it is against criminals....so lets not try to deflect the issue

Lol.... soon Mqm will start protesting on Mars along with aliens...

The 'mohajir' migrated to Pakistan at partition. Then they fled to Western countries. They are still active in Pakistan politics. Their leader Altaf is conducting the mohajir symphony from UK. Now the double-mohajirs are in Washington pleading with US leaders to intervene in Pakistan. Will these mohajirs EVER settle down and become part of the nations of which they have become residents and citizens?

@Akil Akhtar : Pervez Musharraf, born in Delhi, is a mohajir, no?