The Karachi situation, it appears, is gradually slipping out of government’s control. Outlaws are emerging as more powerful than the government agencies, as a result of which the common man feels insecure. He doesn’t know what to do in such a situation. Hundreds of shopkeepers and traders of various markets, including Bahadur Yar Jang Market, Urdu Bazaar, Paper Market and other adjoining markets on MA Jinnah Road received chits from ‘extortionists’ on Sunday.
The extortionists wanted the shopkeepers to pay them money. Helpless shopkeepers and traders approached the police for help, but were told that they had no instructions to challenge the accused. Unable to do anything else, they closed their shops and protested against the daring move of the outlaws in broad daylight. Pictures of their sit-in were published in various newspapers. This situation is quite painful, especially so, because both the PPP and the MQM, the parties that get votes from the country’s biggest city and are in government, have failed to restore law and order. What was once known as the city of lights is turning into a lawless city.
In Karachi, police appear to be in complicity with the outlaws. If this is not the case, the Sindh government must try to find out as to why the police did not help the people who had approached them immediately after receiving chits from extortionists. Also, it should be investigated how it was possible for the extortionists to distribute chits in broad daylight to such a large number of people. (It is assumed that a chit is like a ‘bill’ which the recipient has to clear instantly to escape consequences).
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