Read in this Wiki Leak cable how Karachi has turned into a gang land with internal borders and each gang controlling a piece of the territory. Most places are a no-go zone for Pakistani police or even the intelligence.
Now you can understand why Mr Dawood Ibrahim has found his patch of heaven in that city.Obviously he too is heavily involved into this gang land and must be Satrap/ruler of a territory where his word is the law without the pesky police men giving him trouble.
09KARACHI138
SUBJECT SINDH - THE GANGS OF KARACHI
DATE 2009-04-22 11:52:00
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
ORIGIN Consulate Karachi
TEXT S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 KARACHI 000138
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/22/2019
TAGS: PTER ASEC PGOV PK
SUBJECT: SINDH - THE GANGS OF KARACHI
Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL STEPHEN FAKAN FOR REASONS 1 .4 b and d.
1. (S) Summary: The police in Karachi are only one of several armed groups in the city, and they are probably not the most numerous or best equipped. Many neighborhoods are considered by the police to be no-go zones in which even the intelligence services have a difficult time operating. Very few of the groups are traditional criminal gangs. Most are associated with a political party, a social movement, or terrorist activity, and their presence in the volatile ethnic mix of the world,s fourth largest city creates enormous political and governance challenges.
MQM (Muttahida Quami Movement)
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2. (S) The MQM is an ethnic political party of the Urdu speaking community (known as "Mohajirs," which is Arabic for immigrants) that migrated from India at the time of partition; Mohajirs make up around fifty percent of the total population in Karachi. MQM is middle-class, avowedly secular, and anti-extremist (the only party to publicly protest the recent Swat Nizam-e-Adl regulations). It has a long history of clashes with the Pakistan People,s Party (PPP), which controls the Sindh province in which Karachi is located, and with the Awami National Party (ANP), which represents MQM,s rival ethnic Pashtuns.
Now you can understand why Mr Dawood Ibrahim has found his patch of heaven in that city.Obviously he too is heavily involved into this gang land and must be Satrap/ruler of a territory where his word is the law without the pesky police men giving him trouble.
09KARACHI138
SUBJECT SINDH - THE GANGS OF KARACHI
DATE 2009-04-22 11:52:00
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
ORIGIN Consulate Karachi
TEXT S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 KARACHI 000138
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/22/2019
TAGS: PTER ASEC PGOV PK
SUBJECT: SINDH - THE GANGS OF KARACHI
Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL STEPHEN FAKAN FOR REASONS 1 .4 b and d.
1. (S) Summary: The police in Karachi are only one of several armed groups in the city, and they are probably not the most numerous or best equipped. Many neighborhoods are considered by the police to be no-go zones in which even the intelligence services have a difficult time operating. Very few of the groups are traditional criminal gangs. Most are associated with a political party, a social movement, or terrorist activity, and their presence in the volatile ethnic mix of the world,s fourth largest city creates enormous political and governance challenges.
MQM (Muttahida Quami Movement)
------------------------------
2. (S) The MQM is an ethnic political party of the Urdu speaking community (known as "Mohajirs," which is Arabic for immigrants) that migrated from India at the time of partition; Mohajirs make up around fifty percent of the total population in Karachi. MQM is middle-class, avowedly secular, and anti-extremist (the only party to publicly protest the recent Swat Nizam-e-Adl regulations). It has a long history of clashes with the Pakistan People,s Party (PPP), which controls the Sindh province in which Karachi is located, and with the Awami National Party (ANP), which represents MQM,s rival ethnic Pashtuns.
