Aitzaz favours army’s deployment in violence-hit Karachi

Former Interior minister and key member of the Pakistan People’s Party Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan

favoured army’s deployment in violence-hit Karachi and said it is not unconstitutional and nobody should be afraid of an army operation, as it would be carried out under the Sindh civil administration.
Aitzaz, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, told reporters at the Lahore High Court, that Karachi was economic hub and vital for country’s progress and if there would be a law and order problem, it would disturb the whole country. He pointed out that people were being kidnapped, tortured and then killed.
He cited the example of the UK and India where armies were called whenever civil rulers felt that only army could help out in resolving the problem. Aitzaz said that the army was a national institution and subordinate department of the federal government.
The former minister said that peace could not be restored in Karachi until an operation was conducted to de-weaponise the city. He said that politics and extortion had mixed up in Karachi owing to which economic problems were also emerging.