By Ahsan Mughal
KARACHI: Members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan (MQM-P) in the Sindh Assembly voiced strong condemnation over the worsening conditions in Karachi, attributing the city’s prolonged struggles to the political interests and perceived bias of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Speaking from the party’s Bahadurabad headquarters, MQM-P legislators framed the capital’s chronic problems not merely as a result of administrative inefficiency, but as the outcome of decades of systematic neglect.
In a statement that traced the city’s plight back over fifty years, the lawmakers highlighted the historical marginalization of certain linguistic communities since the 1970s, arguing that citizens had been deliberately misled and deprived of basic rights. “Karachi has long borne the burden of political short-termism, where narrow agendas have consistently trumped the needs of the people,” they said, painting a picture of residents left vulnerable to manipulation and exploitation.
The MQM-P representatives further suggested that the deteriorating situation extended beyond the metropolis, affecting rural Sindh as well, with citizens deprived of essential services and often unaware of the forces steering their lives. They used the metaphor of blindfolded oxen being guided by unseen hands to illustrate the deep structural and political challenges that had shaped the province for decades.
The statement concluded with a call for action, urging the people of Sindh to assert their rights and protect their entitlements by rejecting what the MQM-P described as the PPP’s politics of prejudice and partisanship. The lawmakers insisted that only through active civic engagement could the province overcome entrenched inequalities and reclaim a measure of fairness and justice for its citizens.
