ANP Sindh President Senator Shahi Syed on Sunday said that the ongoing search operation in Karachi was being conducted by the government to please the MQM and it would not bring normalcy to the city.
Shahi said that the only solution to restore law and order in Karachi was to launch a military operation to cleanse the mega city from weapons, adding that the operation must be focused only against criminals and mafias and not aimed at pleasing any political party. He said that the operations should be against mafias and not against communities. The senator said that the ANP leadership had decided to challenge the population and housing census and voters list in Karachi in court to expose wrongdoings of the MQM. He said that there was no Talibanisation in Karachi but admitted that some people were inclined to radical views. Shahi said that Karachi had no caves, mountains or borders to smuggle arms into the city, adding that communities were settled everywhere and no one can hide among them and that was why a maximum number of Taliban were arrested.
The ANP Sindh president said that during the recent operation 30 to 40 houses of ANP activists were raided by law enforcement agencies personnel, who arrested some people but failed to recover any illegal arms from ANP workers. The senator said that the operation was one-sided but welcomed the government’s decision to launch it.
He said that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Home Minister Manzoor Wassan were responsible for resolution of the situation in Karachi and they must keep reports of every moment. Shahi said they must have information that who was disturbing the peace of the city, adding that the government was not ready to annoy the MQM.
The ANP Sindh president admitted that a foreign hand was behind incidents of violence but also pointed out that Pakistan had fostered Jihadi elements and they could also be involved in anti-state and anti-people activities in Karachi. He said that Indian spy agency RAW was also involved in acts of violence to destabilise Pakistan. Shahi described the Defence of Pakistan Council as part of Ziaul Haq’s team, adding that the Taliban had been weakened by 75 percent.
