What is happening in Karachi will send a shudder through the nerves of even the perpetrators of the holocaust. Those who are involved in this carnage are neither Muslims nor human beings if we view this in the backdrop of what the Holy Quran has to say about the murder of a fellow human being and the message of brotherhood among the Muslims. It is even more painful to see it happening in a country known as citadel of Islam.
What is needed to be done in Karachi is the initiation of an indiscriminate action against all these elements to restore the writ of the state. It was quite evident since the beginning of this mayhem that the provincial government and the political outfits were neither capable of handling the Karachi situation nor they really intended to do it for the reasons explained above. It is therefore heartening to note that the federal government has finally said enough is enough and has now taken the initiative to restore peace in Karachi and to prevent the unabated butchering of the innocent citizens through target killing.
The Prime Miniser chaired two meetings of the Sind cabinet and urged the Sind government to take above the board action against these elements and warned that if it did not stop the carnage somebody else would come to do it. That indicates how serious the situation is and how serious the federal government is about the whole affair. Reportedly the Rangers and police have been given the shoot at sight orders and to take targeted and indiscriminate action against the perpetrators of this gory drama. The emphasis was on the word 'indiscriminate' which means that the action should be initiated without caring for the political fall out.
A day before that he even hinted that he could not care less if some body remained in the coalition or not. That is the spirit and determination which is required to deal with situations like Karachi. The only thing is that the law enforcing agencies should be allowed to do their job without any interference. The statue books already provide remedies for dealing with such scenarios. The initiative by the federal government though coming late yet is a step towards the right direction. The need is to deal with these outlaws ruthlessly now and also to take stern action against their backers whoever they are and send an unmistakable message to them that their days are over and they should be ready for the public disgrace.
To those who are crying hoarse from every convenient roof top to see the back of this government even if the country slides into another unending agony of a martial law, it may be pointed out that the solution to the Karachi conundrum is not the army take-over of the country. According to our constitution the civil authorities have the power to call the army in case they feel that the situation is beyond control and they do need the army to come and fix it. Army coming in aid of the civil administration, if need be, is not objectionable but why go for the extreme option of military take-over of the country?
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