Viewers in the city were glued to their TV screens on Sunday to see Sindh Senior Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza deliver a fiery press conference in which he resigned from his party office, ministry and legislative seat. A majority of the public gave a ‘thumbs up’ to Mirza’s fiery speech with some claiming that the truth has finally been revealed. The fed-up Mirza had transformed in to a hero after a two hour press conference becoming the talk of the town and an Internet sensation. All social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, were flooded with comments and remarks even during the memorable speech.
It was something never seen by the public before. A politically enriched and influential man, Zulfiqar Mirza, frequently placing the Holy Quran on his head during his speech and making allegations against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Interior Minister Rehman Malik in a live press conference from the Karachi Press Club, was something new for the public.
One of the top comments came from a twitter account of Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, “Emergency meeting at the Foreign Office. Thanks Uncle Zulfiqar Mirza.” Other comments were “Mirza missile launched”, “Dr Zulfiqar Mirza Khappy”, “long live Zulfiqar Mirza”, “Zulfiqar Mirza spoke very openly, straightforwardly & left nothing confusing and gave a solution to the Karachi ongoing killings”, “Zulfiqar Mirza sb. This was certainly not the ideal time for all this as awam are eyeing celebrating eid”, “Major TV debate.. starts NOW… Major killing .. starts now … all “political killers” will BLAME each other BUT Karachiites will DIE”, “Apart from some unnecessary personal/family details and praise for ISI-army, it was an effective & daring press conference ”
“Zulfiqar Mirza did not leave his party members from criticism. Will Haider Abbas Rizvi do the same? Would Farooq Sattar have the guts?”, “I have no doubt that whatever Zulfiqar Mirza said in today’s press conference was exactly what President Zardari wanted him to say,” “Did Zulfiqar Mirza just openly accuse Rehman Malik of failing to protect BB?” “Zulfiqar Mirza may be honest but there are more productive ways to expose gangsterism in Karachi. This is pure incitement.”
“Uglier times ahead in Karachi. Stay strong, folks”, “I hope Karachi doesn’t burn in response to Zulfiqar Mirza’s rant on telly… again”, “What Zulfiqar Mirza broadcasted today will change Karachi forever :/”, “Was going to thank Zulfiqar Mirza for saving Sun afternoon from boredeom of anticlimactic”, “Waiting for blasphemy fatwa on Zulfiqar Mirza for doing what he did to that Quran”, “From Zero to Hero; one small step for Zulfi Mirza, one giant leap for politicians’ credibility!”
Lahoris give Zulfiqar Mirza ‘thumbs up’
