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MQM, ANP Unite Over Karachi’s Issues, Call for Administrative Solutions
MQM & ANP leaders meet to discuss Karachi’s issues, calling them administrative, not political. Both parties urge action on the city’s worsening conditions.
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by News Desk
2025-04-12
MQM, ANP Unite Over Karachi’s Issues, Call for Administrative Solutions

The leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP) have come together to address the worsening issues of Karachi, declaring them not political, but administrative in nature.

ANP Sindh President Shahi Syed visited the MQM Pakistan Bahadurabad headquarters on Saturday, where he held a meeting with MQM Pakistan Chairman Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and other senior party leaders, including Federal Minister Mustafa Kamal and Dr. Farooq Sattar.

In a joint press conference following the meeting, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui emphasized that Karachi’s problems were not political in nature but stemmed from long-standing administrative failures. He pointed to the quota system, implemented based on linguistic lines, as a key factor in the city’s deterioration over the past 50 years.

“The ‘system’ in Sindh is bigger than the political system. The real problem is the injustice faced by Karachi for the past five decades, and the linguistic quota system,” said Dr. Siddiqui. He argued that Karachi's governance and administration have consistently failed to address the city's growing challenges.

One of the key issues discussed was the lack of compensation for victims of accidents caused by poorly regulated vehicles. Dr. Siddiqui questioned why the Sindh government provides compensation to those who drink illicit liquor but not to the families of those killed in traffic accidents caused by reckless drivers.

“If a tanker or dumper driver is driving drunk or without a license, the government is responsible for it. The death caused by such a tanker is not murder, but deliberate murder,” he said, calling for greater accountability in such cases.

Shahi Syed, representing the ANP, agreed with MQM’s stance, emphasizing that the problems facing Karachi were administrative and not based on linguistic issues. “Unemployment, rigging in education, and the killing of merit are the major problems of Karachi. We need to address these issues collectively, with the support of the government,” Syed said.

Mustafa Kamal also echoed the same sentiments, stressing that the growing accidents in the city were not due to ethnic or linguistic issues. “No driver leaves home with the intention of crushing people. Similarly, no one drives a tanker thinking they will set it on fire. These are administrative failures, not ethnic problems,” Kamal asserted.

He further warned that if the situation continued to deteriorate, people would forget their basic concerns and start focusing on the worsening conditions of the city.

The meeting between MQM and ANP marks a rare convergence of views on Karachi’s governance. Both parties have urged the Sindh government to take immediate steps to improve public safety, regulate traffic, and eliminate systemic corruption and mismanagement in the city.
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