[Dawn] Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday announced to carry out a "grand operation" to wipe out terrorism and restore peace in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, DawnNews reported.
The announcement comes as the city witnessed the killing of 10 people on Thursday, including Mufti Abdul Majeed Deenpuri, a top holy man of the Jamia Banuri Uloom Islamia.
Another religio-political leader showed his displeasure and called for protests against the assassinations.
"We have no expectations of getting justice," said Qari Mohammad Usman, the Bloody Karachi chief of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-Fazl (JUI-F), one of the largest Sunni political parties.
"This entire nation, the citizens of Bloody Karachi, the students and holy mans are exhausted from carrying the bodies of our elders... The time is near when we will give a call for everyone to come out into the streets," he said.
After holding a high level security meeting at the chief minister house in Bloody Karachi, the chief minister ordered to call more police contingents from other districts of Sindh to be deployed in the metropolis.
Shah ordered a joint police-rangers targeted operation against the beturbanned goons who have spread a deadly wave of violence in the financial hub of the country.
Expressing outrage at the additional inspector general of police in Bloody Karachi, he ordered him to restore peace and not to hesitate from taking any large scale action in the city.
He called for bringing more police force from interior Sindh and rid Bloody Karachi of the myrmidons.
Speaking to media representatives after the meeting, provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Memon said the operation will begin from today, adding that more security check posts will be built at all entry and exit points of the city.
He said that a conspiracy was being hatched to disrupt peace of the metropolis and hoped that the criminals would go on a defensive after the planned operation.
A high level delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
(MQM) is also meeting the chief minister in this regard.
Earlier today, members of the MQM had staged a walk-out from the Senate session protesting against the government's failure to curb violence in Bloody Karachi.
Meanwhile,
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the party chief Altaf Hussain also assailed the Pakistain People's Party (PPP) led provincial government for not controlling the law and order situation in the Sindh capital.
He condemned the killing of Mufti Abdul Majeed Deenpuri and declared it as a tragic incident.
Moreover, Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
also condemned the incident and said there was no writ of the government in Bloody Karachi.
He assailed the government for not caring about the civilians and said the city has been left at the mercy of the killers.