People of Karachi and Hyderabad voted for MQM in the hope that they would deliver them peace, security, welfare and equal opportunities. MQM never tires of claiming to be a party of middle class, which opposes feudal mindset and will stand up for rights of oppressed.
Does MQM understand that a state which nurtures corruption, patronises tax evasion, flight of capital, criminals and land grabbing, whether urban or rural, will never have resources so vital to provide welfare to the people, even if it desires to do?
Yet it was none other than MQM’s own mayor which cleared Younis Habib’s claim for 25 acres of Aziz Bhatti Park, despite rejection of this claim by none other than Sindh High Court and pendency of this case before the Supreme Court. Is the party of middle class not aware that Younis Habib, an inter pass clerk, through manipulation, forgery and deceit has become a billionaire and been involved in massive corruption and unlawful deeds.
It is the lower middle class who are biggest beneficiaries of public parks, and nobody including an elected city government, or even provincial government has any right to give ownership of land allocated for public use and welfare to any individual or group. Can the elected representatives of Karachi explain how they allowed expensive real estate belonging to Pakistan Railways to be forcibly occupied and allocated by individuals, although enough finances could have earned from sale of this land to bail out this vital transport system?
RAHAT SIDDIQI
Karachi