The world’s biggest migration
took place on august 14-15, 1947. Millions of immigrant travel towards the new
state of PAKISTAN. Thousands are homeless butchered, raped, tortured and
murdered. After a great struggle at last on 28 august 1948, we migrants shifted
to Pakistan and trying to settle in the country’s different provinces. People
from Indian Punjab migrate to Punjab with the same culture in Pakistan, some
pukhtunes migrate to NWFP and mostly people from Hyderabad Deccan, meruth,
Bihar, Delhi, Bombay and other parts of India settled in Sindh mostly in
Karachi, Hyderabad, Mir Purkhas and others rural areas. Actually, this is the
cultural shock for both of them the migrants and the local Sindhi speaking
people. But somehow both the communities are managed to live together.
Karachi faces so many ethnic clashes between Urdu speaking (muhajir) and other
ethnicities (Punjabi, pukhton) the reason behind it was claiming the ownership
and dominance in the city. The Urdu speaking muhajir claims that they are more
national than other ethnicities and has the main vital role in the creation of
Pakistan and other claims that they are muhajir they are not the son of the
soil. The tension continues and growing day by day. At last, on late 1964 the
then general Ayyub khan opposes miss Fatima Ali Jinnah the sister of Muhammad
Ali Jinnah (father of the nation) and contest elections against her at last on
2nd January 1965 he was elected as the president of Pakistan with 64% of the
votes and defeated Miss Fatima Ali Jinnah. This was the huge setback for the
country, especially for the Urdu speaking community because they more affiliate
themselves with Miss Fatima Ali Jinnah. From then the brutal history of ethnic
violence was triggered. By the end of the year 1970, the Board of Intermediate
and Secondary Education recommended adopting Sindhi as the official language of
the board. Then, in January 1971, the Urdu Speaking community, organized by
Nawab Muzaffar, launched anti-Sindhis processions, to which Sindh is answered
alike. The law and order situation degenerated and clashes occurred in
Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas, and Larkana. By the end of the month, disturbances
spread to Karachi up to the north of the province. For the first time, the Urdu
Speaking community started to raise the demand for Karachi as a separate
province. On 12th June 1978, Altaf Hussain creates a new student national
political party APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir student organisation) for the
discrimination and rights of muhajir community. APMSO is hugely appreciated in
Karachi, Hyderabad, and other city areas as well as hugely opposed in rural
Sindh. Now the Urdu speaking community finds their political force in the
country and APMSO is widely appreciated. This was the perfect time for Altaf
Hussain to cash the community’ isolation and discrimination and create a
national level political party. In the year 1984, Muhajir Quami Movement emerges
as the political face of muhajir on a national level and they clean sweep the
election with a simple majority in the city areas of Sindh. The creation of MQM
has actually divided Sindh as in two different sections one is ruler Sindh in
which the Peoples Party is so popular and strong and in cities of Sindh MQM
emerges as the big political force. The distance between the two communities
still there and now with more political fuel and energy. After MQM Sindh observe
so many ethnic riots some notables are 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989,1990 Hyderabad
pakka qilla massacre. Also, MQM cashed the 1992-1996 army operation by which
thousands of MQM workers are killed, jailed and many went in hidings. Altaf
Hussain along with his close friends left Pakistan and continue politics from
London this was totally impossible to believe that how a person control his
political party from another country but Mr. Altaf Hussain made it to happened.
The people of Karachi and other cities fully support MQM in spite of all the
allegations on the political party. All the incidence constantly strong the
stance of MQM and MQM grow stronger day by day their ethnic politics is somehow
justified by the people of Karachi and Hyderabad this was actually the beginning
of what we suffer today. From 2007-2015 MQM faces so many allegations of
extortion, target killing, and other serious criminal activities and the Urdu
speaking community is now shifted from supporter to the victims. The one
community which is constantly supporting MQM for decades are now insecure from
their own political party which they support for more than 3 decades but sadly
MQM failed to understand that.
It is not questionable that the founder and leader of mqm Mr. Altaf Hussain is
the most controversial politician in Pakistan politics he is continuously in
news for many different but mainly wrong reasons he often considered as an
outspoken politician which has immense control in his political party from a
simple worker to the member of coordination committee but now this is not the
case I keenly observe that before 2 to 3 years his party clearly slip from his
hands and he constantly loosing grip on MQM. I observe so many wrong political
decisions in past few years whether it’s the policies or the internal decisions.
Mr. Altaf Hussian is not as active and healthy as he was on 1990’s the political
vacuum or leadership crises was created day by day. The constant slip of toung
and reversal decisions are clearly shown that pressure which was mount by our
law enforcement agencies, media, and other political parties. The health issues
of MQM founder is also the major concern (I think it’s more of a mental illness
than physical) and finally on 22nd sept 2016 Mr. Altaf Hussain cross all limits
and raised anti-national slogans. Now MQM is divided into two groups one is MQM
Pakistan which portrays them more national and patriotic and another group is
MQM London which still supports the statement of Altaf Hussain and gives their
own explanations. But what about the Urdu speaking community what will they do,
to whom they trust, to whom they vote. If they support MQM P, so many question
raised like how a political party disown themselves with their ideolog, their
leader it's same as Mr. Zardari said I am the leader of PPP but I disown Bhutto
how this is possible how the most educated community vote a confused political
party and if they support MQM L then they supposed to be traitor in the eyes of
all the country. No matter what we do with MQM but what about Urdu speaking
community to whom they convey their problems they are confused and answer-less.
The most educated community is politically orphan.
It’s a common perception in all over Pakistan that if you are Urdu speaking and
from Karachi, so you belong to mqm or mqm sympathizer or voter. As a Karachite
this thinking killing me softly day by day. I have made a scenario in my mind
that what if mqm London wins the general election of 2018. All the Urdu speaking
community is denoted as traitors and we all are always on the radar of
suspicion. I am seeing the Urdu speaking community on the same scenario as they
are on 1965 after the general elections. the whole community is now leaderless
and isolated which will create more Altaf Hussain in future but I think this
type it's less political and more brutal. I request to all of you please address
this issue don’t isolate a community give them relevant leadership.