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Karachiites on Twitter call out govt, discard 'resilience' label

Karachiites on Twitter call out govt, discard 'resilience' label

Karachiites are no longer interested in sticking to the "resilient" label, saying enough is enough.
Updated 29 Aug, 2020

With at least 19 deaths in rain-related incidents in Karachi and the city still reeling from the torrential downpour of Thursday, Karachiites are increasingly calling out authorities and are demanding to see definitive action to fix the city's myriad problems.

What's more, Karachiites are no longer interested in sticking to the "resilient" label, saying enough is enough. And yes, they're not wrong there.

No more gaslighting

Karachiites are done

Resilience should not equal continuous, quiet suffering

Comments

Mekal Faruki Aug 28, 2020 06:01pm
Incompetence. Lost opportunity to collect and store millions of gallons of rainwater in underground water storage caverns. This is done in major cities worldwide.
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kublai04 Aug 28, 2020 06:03pm
Karachi should be a separate province. Away from the stranglehold of ethnic and provincial politics. If that does not work ....
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Omar Qadri Aug 28, 2020 06:09pm
What really annoys me is that the dams are overflowing and the streets are flooded but still I need to pay Rs. 5,200 for a water tanker as there hasn’t been a drop of water in the line for over a year. Not a drop! Why is the tanker mafia allowed to flourish even in these times?!?
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Omar Qadri Aug 28, 2020 06:11pm
My basement which I use as a workshop where I restore furniture is flooded to the roof and I can’t even pump out the water as the water in the street is higher than my entrance. Why is there no accountability ever? Why is there so much corruption in Pakistan and it’s ok? Why?
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Chrís Dăn Aug 28, 2020 06:20pm
Why Bilawal Bhutto is sitting dumb quiet?
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well-wisher Aug 28, 2020 06:41pm
Karachiites deserve better. This cosmopolitan city has a colorful history and needs to be restored quickly. All levels of govts. must put their heads together and act now.
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NK Aug 28, 2020 06:45pm
Only Announcing Enough Is Enough will not work. Step out Karachiites. This is your best time.
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Drone Aug 28, 2020 06:52pm
Karachi resembles Singapore
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SDA Aug 28, 2020 07:10pm
Military, please take over Karachi. As a matter of fact the entire Sindh
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Shahzad Aug 28, 2020 07:44pm
Stop paying taxes till EVERY issues are solved
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Ali Mehdi Aug 28, 2020 07:47pm
Enough of fooling the karachiites. But are the ref of the Pakistanis less courageous and resilient. All the courage has to be given to the people of karachi. Save some courage for the residents of the rest of Pakistan please.
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Bhaijan Aug 28, 2020 09:36pm
No linguistics prejudices please. Karachi is a mini- Pakistan, it is not Mini- Sindh, let the Federal Govt take care of Sindh in general, and Karachi in particular. The President must enact an Ordinance and impose Governor rule immediately.
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Kabir Aug 29, 2020 06:30am
Its people fault. They kept exploding population dispite knowing Karachi cant sustain growing population leaps and bounds
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AZAM AKBAR Aug 29, 2020 09:13am
@Chrís Dăn Mr. Bilawal Zardari is busy with rehearsal for next laughable script-reading.
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AZAM AKBAR Aug 29, 2020 09:15am
@Omar Qadri Mr. Omar Qadri, " What really annoys me is that the dams are overflowing and the streets are flooded but still I need to pay Rs. 5,200 for a water tanker as there hasn’t been a drop of water in the line for over a year. Not a drop! Why is the tanker mafia allowed to flourish even in these times?!? " Tanker Mafia is purely related to the most corrupt and criminal small regional political party PPP.
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AZAM AKBAR Aug 29, 2020 09:34am
@Bhaijan Mr. Bhaijan, Karachi is neither Mini-Pakistan nor Mini-Sindh. Karachi is Karachi which feeds whole Pakistan and gets injustice and discrimination.
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Dannish Aug 29, 2020 10:16am
CM Mural Ali Shah resign as being incompetent, and show some resilience period.
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Rino Aug 29, 2020 02:36pm
A lion needs mot to be resilient and suffer in silence... its only the prey’s who do
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Citizenk Aug 29, 2020 03:37pm
Problems of karachi wont be fixed easily.people of karachi be facilitated to settle and live normal life outskirts of Islamabad.
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ZAHID KASERH SARFRAZ Aug 29, 2020 09:32pm
@Omar Qadri ppp 2 blame
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Faiza Aug 30, 2020 05:29am
No, I am not resilient because I am drowning. Who is responsible?
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LAHORI KID Aug 30, 2020 08:24am
Then stop voting for PPP and MQM, you get what you pay(Vote) for
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LAHORI KID Aug 30, 2020 08:25am
@Omar Qadri Ask Bilawal that question next time he’s up there screaming, being all that.
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BooBae Aug 30, 2020 12:50pm
Yeah we all express our public grief and shared pain, but ask yourselves, what am I doing to make things better. Public officials haven’t changed in 70 years. Why this sudden consternation at them.? Did we imagine this could happen? That it would be this bad? After all NDMA & PDMA warned us via sms. Did we take it seriously? So there’s that. Hindsight is 20/20 & it’s the usual whining blame game. Suggest practical steps people, roll up your sleeves & get involved with being the solution. Otherwise after this venting, as our feathers dry off, and the bad taste in our mouth recedes, we will shrug it off till the next monsoon ... or earlier ...
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KB Aug 31, 2020 09:33am
with all due respect to Karachiites. We are treated the way we want to be treated. We don't speak out for the true rights without getting political. We will be ruled and eaten by these politicians again and again. Hope this time we all don't get busy in our lives n businesses as usual soon as the water recedes. Other very important thing is, urbanization needs to be stopped in Karachi until there is a mechanism and of course and better life opportunities in rural areas . This urbanization is over loading Karachi including crimes and land grabbing. "YEH TOH CHAP DENA BHAI"
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