Will Karachi be saved?

Chances of Karachi being once again the city of lights are getting dimmer with every passing day as at least one dozen and a half residents are being daily subjected to target killing. It seems as if Karachi is an open field for armed bandits on an indiscriminate killing spree. The Sindh metropolis was handed over to the Rangers after the police had miserably failed to control the situation prevailing for well over five years. The leadership of three coalition partners, the PPP, MQM and ANP has long been indulging in the blame game but has failed to take effective action against those responsible for the crime of bloodletting. On Wednesday, Federal Minister and leader of Sindh PPP Maula Bux Chandio openly admitted that if action was initiated against armed gangsters, government allies got offended. Hitting back at Chandio’s statement ANP leader Shahi Syed said that if talks could be held with the Taliban and India, why the same process could not be followed with MQM on target killing in Karachi. MQM’s Nasreen Jalil responding to this said it was an irony of fate that despite being in the government, they had to lift the dead bodies of their workers. BNP Senator Hasil Bizenjo said there were no go-areas in Karachi which are dens of armed bandits. Keeping these statements in mind, it is hard to imagine that Karachi could be the city of lights again, but given the will nothing is impossible.