Partly Facetious: what are Lotas trying to do?

"So who is responsible for the worsening law and order situation in Karachi?"
"MQM."
"MQM! How so?"
"The Lotas hath spoken."
"Which Lotas?"
"I don't understand."
"There are Lotas from every party. So I am asking you which Lotas?"
"The PML Lotas."
"I see. And they don't think their failure to supply electricity to the people in this heat, water in this heat, and sewage facilities are part of the problem."
"Heavens no. We have a high growth rate, thank the Chosen One, we have foreign investment flowing into the country, thank the Chosen One..."
"Foreign investment incidentally that has gone into purchasing KESC, and, lo and behold, there is an electricity crisis."
"Its' not the fault of those who were selected to purchase KESC, heavens no, that decision was based on sound principles..."
"Like the privatisation of PSM?"
"I suppose."
"Do you think the next government will challenge all these privatizations?"
"They may do. But these MQM guys are bad, so said Senator Nisar A. Memon in a CEC meeting presided over by none other than the PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and attended by the Chosen One."
"How bad are they?"
"Pretty bad! The Senator said that the MQM had not been able to arrest the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi."
"Has the government controlled the situation in Waziristan?"
"That's the fault of al Qaeda."
"Have they controlled it in Balochistan?"
"That's these Bugtis and other Sardars."
"Everyone's fault but their own hunh?"
"Yes, and in any case the federal government is dealing with more weighty matters these days - like the presidential election and the general elections."
"In the CEC meeting PML vice-president Syed Kabir Ali Wasti also pointed out that the MQM was trying to spread its political influence in other parts of the country with the help of government machinery."
"No! Really! And what are the Lotas trying to do?"
"Don't be facetious."