Political Scenario in Pakistan Today

Pakistan for some or the other reason had been on ther verge of boiling point since it`s indepence , weather beacause of war with india after saparation , internal strife with ( mohajir ) pople settled from india within pakistan , political assacination of varouus prominent personalities including fromer prime mininster benazir , today pakistani authorities on Friday issued shoot-at-sight orders and ordered deployment of 1,000 additional paramilitary troops in Karachi as vicious violence continued to paralyse the country’s financial capital, leaving nearly 95 people dead in last four days. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that security forces had been given orders to shoot gunmen on sight to meet the challenge. The violence has rocked the country’s financial hub and continued on Friday although a total shutdown was observed in the city on the call for a day of mourning by the Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for the people killed in the violence.

Rockets were fired and grenades lobbed as violence wracked the city with thousands of people stranded in their home in fear of flying bullets. The violence also escalated after President Asif Zardari issued orders to restore the commissioner’s system in the city.Police and rescue officials said that in four days 95 people had been killed with some 200 wounded in target killings and indiscriminate firing in many parts of the city, owing to political as well as ethnic clashes. The decision to restore the commisioner’s system was taken at a high level meeting in Islamabad, which also proposed amendments to the local bodies system.

The MQM leadership said it opposed this decision and senior member Raza Haroon said that MQM will oppose it in the assembly. Struck by the magnitude of incidents in Karachi, the US Embassy in Islamabad on Friday said it is deeply concerned about the escalating violence in the port city.”We call on all parties to refrain from further violence and work toward a peaceful resolution of differences,” Ambassador Cameron Munter said in a statement. “The loss of…lives, including women and children, in the last three days is a tragedy.” Karachi has been rocked by violence despite the presence of President Asif Zardari in the city where he is stationed at the Bilawal house and has held meetings with his aides to discuss the situation.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who rushed to Karachi on Thursday, said that 1,000 additional militia force will be deployed to restore normalcy in the city. Malik admitted that security forces faced challenges in some areas due to power outages. “There is someone who is trying to destabilise Pakistan,” the minister said and added that he believes all political parties have realised that there is indeed a ‘third force’ behind the violence.