After the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s successful jalsa at Karachi, many of the youngsters of Karachi, who have been told by their elders since childhood that politics is a dangerous game to indulge in, are in a dilemma whether to support Imran Khan’s emerging PTI or the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) which has been the dominant party in Karachi for some time now.
Both the parties have their positives and negatives. Youngsters look up to Imran Khan as a youth icon who has a charismatic personality and who has an attractive slogan of ‘change’.
But they are also apprehensive of the fact that all the ‘old wolves’ are joining the bandwagon of the PTI now which is something similar to what happened with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s Peoples Party in the ’70s. The same generation has also seen development in Karachi under the leadership of MQM’s Mustafa Kamal which was unheard of in the history of the city. But MQM has negative connotations attached to it, especially in the context of ethnic violence. No one knows how much of this is fact and how much is fabrication.
Both the parties have commonalities as well like they talk of middle class and youth empowerment and a large section of their following is from the educated class. Both the parties provide an appealing alternative to the tried and tested PPP and the PML(N) to break the status quo.
There are talks of even a silent understanding between the two parties which according to some was manifest in the fact that PTI’s jalsa was ‘tolerated’ by the MQM in Karachi in return of the facilitation they received in Multan during their jalsa on the 23 December.
Whatever the facts may be, it is for the youth to decide now which party to support after weighing all the arguments for and against both the parties.
MUHAMMAD ASAD ALI ASLAM
LUMS, Lahore
thats is true but MQM is the best
MQM is terrorist organisation whereas PTI is the hope of Pakistan. There can be no comparison between the two.
You are right to some extent but not completely
mqm is involved in violence and terrorist activities therefore in order to unite karachi,people here must vote for Imran khan.Only a neutral govt can bring peace in karachi, not mqm.
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Triple A, yr ye b to likh na k tu kis ka suporter h !!
Yeah, PTI rocks………. MQM just ethnic movement !!
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Keep it up…..
Mqm has done a lot for the city of Karachi and there outlook is positive but people have some reservations about they way they have gone about doing their things. PTI on the other hand gives people a new hope but again many old corrupt faces are joining it. The decision lies with us now.
Great article!!!!!
Hats off to the author.
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