Those people who say the recent statement of Zulfiqar Mirza, senior minister of Sindh, had triggered Karachi violence killing 17 persons, they are deliberately or unwittingly justifying that any affected political party may kill innocent ordinary people as retaliation if criticism is made to a particular party.
If we see Imran Khan, M Nawaz Sharif and members of the said party of Karachi, they have also severely criticised opponents from time to time. This back and forth is a part of politics.
I hereby do no not want to protect any one on the said account and justify that such statements should be made but I want to emphasise that the retaliation of severe political criticism should not be the killing of innocent common people. The media needs to understand who is nowadays playing with fire by justifying such violence deliberately or un-deliberately. Will it be okay to respond with violence anytime anybody says something untoward?
MOHAMMAD KHAN SIAL
Karachi