"I'm only concerned about what goes on here on the ground in Karachi and if they're violating the law of the land - I'm going after them. It has a lot of historical significance. He and two other police officers died instantly. But those numbers are stretched dreadfully thin. "It's not only the Taliban, it's the religious militancy as a whole which is ruining our society and then there is political militancy⦠We can't rid Karachi of crime until we get rid of political militancy as well because political militancy, religious militancy and the gangs they are all interlinked.
A doctor at one of Karachiâs main hospitals did tell us that since police actions intensified he had seen a marginal decrease in gunshot injuries coming through the door, but this was just a day after eight people were killed in a sectarian attack and four days prior to a bomb blast that killed 13 policemen. During our two weeks of filming in Karachi that toll was to rise by another dozen more.Yet in recent years it has also been riven by bitter political and sectarian tensions, it has been undermined by organised crime, and has become a prime target for Taliban insurgents. Foreign investors and traders have shown great interest in this city. Although the findings were rejected by the cityâs politicians, no-one was that surprised by the courtâs conclusions; politics here is often driven by ethnic or religious allegiances as well as greed and self-interest and everyone understands that it is a toxic cocktail of many different influences that contribute to the cityâs strife.We can't rid Karachi of crime until we get rid of political militancy as well because political militancy, religious militancy and the gangs they are all interlinked.
Karachi covers approximately n rea of 3527km2 and has a population of over 23.5million. Facebook Address:https://www.facebook.com/aliya.khan. Karachi is Pakistan’s center of economic activity and trade. Fear of reprisal, blood ties, corruption, sectarian divisions, extortion and blackmail - all these things can provoke or play a part or contribute to the savagery and make it difficult to know who is responsible or why.But as these tactics draw bloody reprisals and the death toll on both sides rises, the success or failure of Operation Karachi, as it is known, now hangs in the balance.In West Papua, Indonesia, we investigate allegations of fraud and human rights abuses in billion-dollar land deals.In 2011 Pakistan's Supreme Court produced a 157 page report declaring that Karachi organised crime was receiving covert financial support from political parties, which in turn were using the muscle the gangs could provide to advance their own agendas. "Itâs our society at stake," he said.