KARACHI: Corps Commander Karachi Lt. General Naveed Mukhtar observed on Saturday that the Karachi operation is completely apolitical, across the board and indiscriminate, and will continue until peace is restored in Karachi and all types of terrorism and facilitators are eliminated.
Addressing the National Defence University Seminar, the corps commander vowed the operation in Karachi would continue until peace was established in the city.
Lt General Mukthar said along with the presence of terrorist groups, several mafias like land and tankers were also active in the city. He stressed that maintaining peace in the city was their responsibility.
The corps commander outlined reasons behind Karachi’s spiral into violence over the last three decades stating that authorities responsible for governance and institutions had failed to provide infrastructure to tackle the city’s rising population.
“Karachi’s struggling problems are generally a result of political, sectarian and ethnic rivalries. However, its roots run deep into an incredibly complex structure of this city where special interest groups, criminals, terrorists and mafias compete for power, resources and survival.” Law and order situation in Karachi over a period of time has suffered from series of failing and errors including administrative incompetence and political dysfunction, he remarked.
“Some of the reasons for these problems are structural but some are the result of bad choices made by important players and some of those can and should be corrected now.”
The corps commander said Karachi’s police and administration needed to be liberated from interference. He said maintenance of peace “is our responsibility and extraordinary measures will have to be taken to face the challenges”. He assured that the sacrifices made by the Rangers and the police would not be allowed to go waste.
He said they had a long way to go but the myth had been broken and all criminals and their facilitators and networks were being challenged in enormous parallel efforts.
He cautioned that terrorists might try to regroup but made it clear that “we will not allow them to do so”.
The corps commander said the operation is apolitical, across the board and indiscriminate and in larger national interest and declared to re-establish write of the state.
He stressed the need for bridging ethnic and sectarian disharmony and abolishment of perceived parallel governments and power centres. He said there is no quick fix solution of these problems but made it clear to confront the grave challenges and take it to the logical conclusion.
Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar also said that the entire nation had to be united and public support was mandatory for the law enforcement agencies to restore peace.
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