Up till early 1960 Karachi was always spick and span. Such was the state of its cleanliness that the Municipal Corporation Karachi used to get its roads washed every midnight. The Parsi community of Sindh’s capital used to run many public welfare institutions like dispensaries and schools in the city. The tram service which was poor man’s transport used to run on the main roads of the city. Communal harmony was its hallmark. People from all the four provinces of the country used to flock to Karachi in search of greener pastures. Karachi was a land of opportunity and it never disappointed those who landed their for earning square meal a day. Reverse is the case now.
Everything seems to have turned topsy turvy, God knows why?
Nothing seems to be working perfectly in Karachi. Every thing has gone haywire. Karachi today is what Beirut was thirty or forty years back. There is no writ of the state. Different types of mafias rule the roost in its various localities. The belated introduction of the Rangers has, to some extent, restored normalcy but they have still to go a long way to root out the malcontent from Sindh capital. Side by side combing of interior Sindh would be sine qua non also.
The new chief minister of Sindh has started with a bang. Granted that there is a need to improve civic matters of Karachi and ensure punctuality in government institutions. But more important are the issues of law and order, de- politicisation of the police and civil administration and de-weaponisation which need to be addressed on a war footing by the CM. He can ensure good governance only if he succeeds in stopping political interference in administrative matters and also root out corruption from the Sindh government’s hierarchy.
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