The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) recently came to an agreement on the local governement system. They reached a conclusion after months of ethnic division in Karachi. Division occured after the MQM left the governement which was led by the PPP. Between January and August, the Human Rights Comission of Pakistan reported over 800 people were killed in Karachi. Amongst the dead, former parliamentarian and PPP member Waja Karim Dad, was shot dead in Kharadar. Violence continued to erupt in the city between the Baloch and the Muhajirs. As a result of the violence, the majority of the city's people must deal with unemployment, poverty, rising food and energy prices, and power cuts. Many of the poor residence are overcrowding in places like Orangi where they don't have clean drinking water. The cities wealthiest neighborhoods are untouched by the violence.
The violence that is going on in Karachi is a violation of human rights. The citizens are afraid because the political leaders are being killed. The citizens have no protection and are terrorized by political gangsters. The large number of people that are being killed, is starting to be closely related to genocide. Because over 1,000 people have been killed since January. This is a social issue because a large number of people are without jobs and starving. They're also don't have clean drinking water. The majority of the people in the cities now live in the slums and the number is continuing to grow. Another social issue is inequality. The poor, have to live with all of the killings within their community while the wealthy are not even effected. The only answer for the social issues in Karachi is for the citizens to take control of the corruptions in politics.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/paki-a24.shtml
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