Call for Karachi province comes from other side of globe

A group of people declaring themselves “patriotic Pakistani Americans from Karachi” has demanded making Karachi a separate province.
An advertisement of the group called the Karachi Province Movement was published in the September 14-20, 2011 issue of the New York-based Pakistan Voice, which is published in Urdu every week.
In the said advert, which has also been published on the newspaper’s website, the movement invited like-minded people to join the cause.
It requested the Pakistani government to create a separate province of Karachi with independent administration for ensuring peace and prosperity in the metropolitan where everyone could enjoy equal rights.
The group said the movement’s plan of action would be announced soon.
It asked everyone who supported the idea of Karachi as a separate province to e-mail them their suggestions.
Its advertisement said Karachi has been constantly burning for the past few years and there is bloodshed everywhere, damaging the beauty of the metropolitan.
It said, “Thousands of innocent citizens are being killed day and night. Fear has upset the way of living of the common man. The land mafia, drug mafia and terrorists are ruling the city.”
The group accused the federal and provincial governments of politicking, playing the blame game, reconciliation and control while the metropolis bleeds and burns.
It said Karachi does not belong to a particular class, group, party or community, but the Sindhi, Punjabi, Baloch, Pakhtun and Urdu-speaking people together could restore peace in the city.
According to the advertisement, all of this is only possible when the federal government stops intervening in the Sindh government’s affairs; political parties in the provincial government stop playing politics over dead bodies; strict measures are taken to deweaponise the city; and all culprits are taken to court without considering their religious, ethnic or political affiliation.