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"Lyari is burning."
"I am not sure the word is burning - a more accurate word would be Lyari has become a graveyard."
"OK, but there is one thing I don't understand."
"What?"
"I was under the impression that Lyari is a PPP stronghold which is why the President announced that his son and co-chairman of the party Bilawal will stand from that constituency."
"Right, so what can't you understand?"
"Now if we go by how the government has tackled, and need I add continues to tackle target killings in Karachi, then a rapprochement with MQM is the government's only strategy."
"So?"
"So the MQM-PPP rapprochement is a done deal and MQM has announced that it is returning as a coalition partner but in phases then why have the killings, especially in a PPP stronghold not stopped?"
"Hey, the girlfriends and the wives are out in force murdering people, putting them in gunny bags and..."
"Don't be facetious."
"That's what Rehman Malik, our Interior Minister said."
"I know he said that but he also denied having said it...yes I know you have footage of him saying it but Malik has not yet grasped the fact that once its telecast there is no room for denial."
"I guess, all this modern technology is way more than..."
"Don't be facetious. Do you reckon the reason for the escalation in killings is attributable to political parties having lost control over their militant wings in Karachi?"
"Maybe, but then if Lyari is the target, a PPP stronghold, and the police, controlled by the PPP is a silent spectator then isn't the President worried that his party may actually lose the seat in the next elections?"
"I don't think he feels that the people of Lyari have any other option - who would they vote for? Whether true or false the Lyari people believe they are being attacked by militia wings of other political parties."
"Ah yes, there is lack of choice."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2011

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