SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency)-
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif said the ongoing Karachi operation will remain across the board and indiscriminate, and will continue till its logical conclusion. “We will continue to work with people and the provincial government to finish all mafias,” said the army chief. The army chief said peace in Karachi is a priority to revive economic vibrancy and well being of the people. An operation is already in progress in Karachi led by rangers. Earlier Rangers attacked MQM headquarters and claimed to nab notorious and pro-claimed offenders. Such elements need to be tackled, and tackled hard. It must be kept in mind that this is not a job best done with one hand tied behind your back. A meeting chaired by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan reiterated the government’s resolve to continue the operation in the city “to its logical conclusion”. The minister also said that he regarded all expenditures on security as “an investment” — and if that investment pays a dividend then so much the better. As noted above, a 50 per cent reduction in violence in the city is a job half done. This second time that Pakistan military chief vowed bring Karachi to normalcy.
However For all the army’s self-professed commitment to impartiality, it remains to be seen whether the on-going operation is truly aimed at ‘restoring the writ of the state’, or instead provides yet another example of partial refereeing, where the most powerful organ of the state stops short of pacifying society, content with arbitrating between politico-military forces through a mix of selective repression and inherently unstable compromises with momentary protégés.
If Pakistan military is impartial and serious to implement writ of the state in the restive city, it would be a first stone towards a stable economic Pakistan because Karachi is the hub of economic activities but due to law and order situation, its business activities have reduced to minimum level.
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