Biggest Land Grabber of Karachi (MQM)

[mehwish_ali]

Let’s examine the biggest land grabbing cases in Karachi committed in the last 30 years:

1- In scheme 2 (North Nazimabad), scheme 16 (F. B. Area), Scheme 24 (Gulishan-e-Iqbal), Scheme 33 (Gulizer-e-Hijari) in particular and in other parts generally, the residential/ amenities etc, plots were allowed to convert into marriage halls/ lawns. In amounts to lost of Billions to the Government and public and benefits of billions to the owners (land grabbers).

2- - Residential/ amenities plots were allowed to convert into others commercial uses and billions of lost to the government in the infra-structure and billions of benefits to the owners (land grabbers).

3- Allowing extra floors and covered areas to the hundreds of thousands of owners (land grabbers).

4- Allotment of land to the land grabbers on the water board conduit and on other utilities land.

5- The biggest single case of land grabbing is one that was committed in the recent past by MQM Minister of Housing in Musharraf era. MQM illegally allowed the ownership rights to the federal government employees residing on the Government flats/ apartments/ houses at federal capital area, Pakistan quarters etc. etc. The residents were given some money and their sale agreements were executed in favors of builders (land grabbers) by MQM. Then these land grabbers converted this government assets and land values Billions and Billions to commercial uses. The interested part of the story is that the approval of this was not even legally obtained by MQM Minister from the Musharraf’s cabinet. When this illegality was highlighted by the present government housing minister, and he promised to do the justice, but the Zardari government stopped to take any action in this matter.

If, the above biggest land grabbing cases are investigated and the government losses recovered from these and land grabbers then the amount will be enough to run the present day deficits and foreign loans of Pakistan.
Further the officers / officials/ politicians’ involved in these land grabbing cases punished then we can stop the land grabbing in future and to provide justice to the nation.

Where are your Links to your Proofs?

Not a single proof.

 

[YAHYA87]

They have been living here since the beginning of What? Do you seriously mean that 5 million illegal immigrants don't pose any threat to the integrity and to the fragile economy of this country? We already have millions of jobless low-skilled workers in Pakistan, if we are unable to provide them with jobs then who on earth is going to provide jobs, shelter, health-care facilities and eduction to those millions of illegal immigrants. They are doing here nothing but increasing the size of various ghettos spreaded throughout this city. http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...s-to-the-editor/deport-illegal-immigrants-610

Another reason why I am against the illegal immigration, especially form Bangladesh. http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/...45012989&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout

Whatever the Bangladeshis did for Pakistan they did it when they were a part of this country, now they have their separate country and identity and do have no link with this country anymore. MM Alam was a citizen of Pakistan at that time so presenting him as a shining example is quite absurd. Your other examples of their "sacrifices" don't mean diddly-squat to me.

Afghanis are not savages, these are rati-ratai lines of MQM followers who utter it every now and then without even realsing what they are uttering. Drug and arm smugglers are found in every ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Dawood Ibrahim whose daughter is married to Jave Miandad's son is a good example.

I live in Karachi and I know very well how those Bangladeshis, who you are defending here, are treated by the Mohajirs. You can fool a Punjabi but not me who sees such things every day.

It also amuses me to see how much grudge you people hold against other Pakistanis but at the same times you're defending those with whom you hardly come into contact in your daily life.

Oh my God a word of Sindhi nationalist becomes an absolute reality then as you mentioned in another post that you yourself are Muhajir then According tto those Sindhi Nationalist you should go back to India or where ever you belong to....The place you are talking about is Machar Calony and Bangali Parha where Bangalis are living in Karachi and they are just a fishermen and they have been living here since Karachi was capital of Pakistanso dont look things in a different dimension and most of them are Pakistani citizen not illegal Immigrants like you are putting them...the only reason why they are living like Refugee in the country is bcause they were forgotten by Bangladesh just like Pakistan forgot Stranded Pakistanis but Unlike Bangladesh Pakistan havent change their status from legal citizens to illegal citizen what ever might be the reason....Yes their are few people entering in Pakistan through Bangladesh by Human Trafficking but most of them are here for temprary purpose cause their real destinations are always Gulf countries not Pakistan....Some of them have purpose of meeting their relatives in Pakistan as well....Talking about Jobs which they have taken from Pakistani citizens...They havent taken any jobs cause majority of them are just a fishermen or many are some Baba bangali, Pamest in the streets of Karachi few are kasai as well but not most of them I dont think they are threat to any community in Karachiite cause neither their Jobs matches most Karachiite nor their they are that much integrated in Pakistani society so I dont understand what problems karachiite are facing because of them???Another thing to mention here is name me one single bangali so far who had been arrested due to terrorist activities in Karachi???back in 1971 their must be some arrest could have made but currently no arrests are made of their community...their are criminals in every community and same goes for them as well and their is no problem for DEPORTING AN ARRESTED CRIMINAL but deporting whole community just because of some kind of revenge then before taking action against them first deport those trouble makers from Afghanistan cause they had done more damage to Pakistan then those bangalis whom also had history of helping Pakistan against India as well....

Talking about Afghans then if Afghans are not savages then what are they????who is polluting Pakistan with drugs??who is polluting Pakistan with arms culture???Since Taliban had took over Afghanistan they have become savages and killing each other in the name of Tribal warfare and also religion what should we call them for all those things which they are doing in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well.....Talking about Javed Miandad then that would be the dumbest example I ever heard....Just tell me on what logic having relationships between them through marriage of their son and daughter makes Javed Miandad a partner in crime of Dawood Ibrahim????their son and daughter had marital relationship with each other and nothing else and Javed Miandad is just a common citizen of Pakistan with source of income from his sports good retail outlets name Miandad Sports....and BTW million $$$ Question is when did Dawood Ibrahim becomes Pakistani citizen???He is an Indian Muslim not Pakistani and just cause of Muhajirs Indian heritage doesnt gave him same status as ours...its like calling a British Pakistan whom have Pakistani heritage also Pakistani citizen even though he havent lived in Pakistan....

You live in Karachi then you should also knows about the nest of all crimes in Karachi....Just tell me where is the nest of crimes in Orangi town???if this is difficult question then at least tell me about Gulistan-e-Jauhar at least???Just dont mention some Political party office cause I know your reply about nine zero just by reading your few lines I am asking just where are those trouble makers of let say Orangi town who are making troubles hiding???Just simple question...

Talking about grudges with other Pakistanis....I dont think you even live in Karachi cause a Karachiite came in contacts with every community of Pakistan in daily basis...It might be a different case if you live in Lavish houses in Defence and Clifton cause their people diodnt get chance to speak with to many people but most Karachiite cant remember a day in their lives where they havent met someone from different community....we have no grudges against the whole community but criminals in their community as we have problems with Land mafia and Arms suppliers and taliban elements from Pashtun community, we have problems with criminal gang elements of Liyari who have made Liyari NO GO AREA...We even have problems with MQM Haqiqi and also sectarian outfit(largely supported by Jamatees) from Muhajir communities as well...So these are actual problems that we have and if someone have problems with MQM then name their workers whom are involved in all that and then if MQM dont take action they are free to speak....

 

[YAHYA87]

MQM blame only Pathans for land grabbing as if all other ethnic groups especially Mohajirs are not involved in the land grabbing.

Mohajirs (I myself am a Mohajir so please MQM supporter no Punjabi bashing here) have been the biggest land grabbers in the history of Karachi, although most of their kachi abadis have been legalized by the city governments.

Here is a list of Kach Abadis in Karachi now tell me how many of these abadis are Pathan only?

MQM doesn't seem to have any problem with the illegal settlements like Moosa colony (which is full of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants)that lies right in the middle of the city and is quite big but are adamant to destroy all the illegal settlements where Pathans or Sindhis are living?

MQM has even demolished those Sindhi goths around Karachi where the Sindihis were living since years.



Appendix-3

List of katchi abadis surveyed








1 Abbasi Nagar Part-1
2 Abdul Ghafoor Gourgage
3 Abdul Ghafoor village
4 Abdullah village
5 Abuzer Colony
6 Adam Hangora Goth
7 Afridi Colony
8 Akbar Colony
9 Akhtar Colony
10 Ali Basti
11 Ali Mohammad Goth
12 Ali Mohammad village
13 Al-Mustafa Colony
14 Al-Zia Colony
15 Anjuman-e-Ittehad Colony
16 Arafat Town
17 Ashraf Colony
18 Ashraf Colony -2
19 Ashrafabad
20 Asif Colony
21 Awami Colony
22 Ayub Goth
23 Azim Khan Goth
24 Azimabad No.1
25 Azimabad No.2
26 Baloch Para
27 Baloch Colony
28 Baloch Goth
29 Barija village
30 Barsati Shed
31 Bawani Chali - 1
32 Bawani Chali - 2
33 Bawani Chali - 3
34 Behar Colony
35 Bhittai Colony
36 Bhutto Nagar
37 Bilal Colony
38 Bilal Colony
39 Bilal Shah Noorani Goth
40 Brohi Mohallah
41 Bund Gali
42 Burmi & Sharif Colony
43 Central Muslimabad

44 Chakara Goth Chakra Colony & Noorani Basti
45 Chouta Maidan
46 Christian Town
47 Chitagong Colony
48 Choona Depo
49 Dara Nagar
50 Darwaish Colony
51 Dawood Chali Colony
52 Doha Village
53 Ejaz Colony
54 Essa Goth
55 Essa Nagri
56 Essa Village
57 Farooqabad
58 Farooq-e-Azam Colony
59 Ferozabad
60 Firdous Chali Colony
61 Firdous Colony
62 Future Colony - 1
63 Future Colony - 2
64 Gabol Town
65 Gazderabad
66 Generalabad
67 Gharib Nawaz Colony
68 Gharib Nawaz Colony
69 Gharibabad
70 Ghousia Colony
71 Ghousia Noorani Pahari Basti
72 Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Colony
73 Ghulam Mohammad village
74 Gilgit Colony
75 Goharabad
76 Golimar Bazar
77 Gujar nala
78 Gul Mohammad village
79 Gulshan-e-Mustafa Colony
80 Gunj Shakar Colony
81 Hadi Mill
82 Haider Colony
83 Haji Mureed Goth
84 Haji Perie village
85 Haroonabad
86 Haroonabad - 2

Katchi Abadis of Karachi: A survey of 334 katchi abadis





87 Hasan Aulia village
88 Hashim Goth
89 Hasrat Mohani Colony
90 Hazara Colony
91 Hijrat Colony
92 Hill Area
93 Hundred Quarter
94 Islamia Colony
95 Islamia Colony No. 2
96 Jalalabad
97 Jamal Goth
98 Jamali Colony
99 Jamhoria Colony
100 Jauhar Colony
101 Jauhar Street
102 Jehangirabad
103 Jinjan Goth
104 Jinnah Colony
105 Jadgal Village
106 Junejo Town
107 Kachi Para
108 Kashmir Colony
109 Kauser Niazi Colony
110 Khalidabad
111 Khamosh Colony
112 Khandoo Goth
113 Khawaja Ajmair Nagri
114 Khawaja Gharib Nawaz Colony
115 Khuldabad 1
116 Khuldabad 2
117 Khuldabad 3
118 Khyber Colony
119 Kohat Colony
120 Liaquat Basti
121 M.P.R. Colony
122 Madina Colony, Gulshan
123 Madina Colony, Landhi
124 Madina Colony
125 Madina Market
126 Makhdoom Colony
127 Malik Anwar Goth
128 Malir Shed-2
129 Manzoor Colony
130 Mariumabad

131 Maseeh Colony
132 Masoom Shah Colony
133 Mecca Colony
134 Mehran Colony
135 Mehtab Colony
136 Mansehra Colony
137 Miskeenabad
138 Mistri Khan Village
139 Moosa Colony
140 Muhammad Ali Colony
141 Muhammad Ali Colony
142 Muhammad Hussain Goth
143 Muhammad Nagar
144 Muhammadabad
145 Mujahid Colony
146 Mujahid Colony (Nazimabad)
147 Millat Nagar
148 Muslim Colony
149 Muslim Rajput Colony
150 Muslimabad
151 Muslimabad
152 Muslimabad `D' Area
153 Mussarat Colony
154 Mustafa Taj Colony
155 Mustafa Colony
156 Naghman Goth
157 Natal Colony
158 Naubehar Colony
159 Nazimabad
160 New Muslimabad
161 Nishtarabad
162 Noor Muhammad village
163 Noorani Basti
* Orangi: 113 settlements are included
in the end
164 Pahar Gunj
165 Pak People Colony
166 Pasban Mohallah
167 Pathan Colony - 1/2
168 Pathan Colony -3
169 Pathan Colony 4/5
170 Pehlwan Goth
171 Pirabad
172 Punjabi Para

173 Punjabi Para (Malir)
174 Qabli Colony
175 Qadeemi Mohallah
176 Qadria Colony
177 Qasimabad
178 Quaidabad
179 Quaid-e-Azam Colony
180 Rajput Colony
181 Rehmanabad
182 Rehmatia Colony
183 Reti Line
184 Rexer Colony 1/2
185 Roodad Nagar (Nazimabad)
186 Roshan Shah Sikri Colony
187 Roshanabad
188 Sabirah Goth
189 Salai Para
190 Saleh Muhammad village
191 Sarfraz Colony
192 Sarhad Ittehad Colony & Dhobi Ghat
193 Sadiqabad
194 Shad Rasool Colony
195 Shafiq Colony
196 Shah Dost village
197 Shah Jahanabad - 2
198 Shah Khalid Colony

199 Shah Khalid Colony
200 Shahjehanabad-1
201 Sherpao Colony
202 Sherabad
203 Siraj Colony
204 Sultanabad 1/2
205 Tekri Colony
206 Tayababad
207 U.P. Mohajreen Colony
208 Umar Baloch Goth
209 Umer Colony
210 Usman Ghani Colony
211 Usmanabad
212 Usmania Colony
213 Usmania Mohajir Colony
214 Vagri Village
215 Waheedabad
216 Waliyatabad
217 Welfare Colony
218 Yasin Zubair Colony
219 Zahidabad
220 Zia Colony
221 Ziaul Haq Colony
222 - 334 Orangi Katchi Abadis: Total 113

Do me a favor after posting all your stuff please post a proper reference of all that as well cause I cant even verify that your information is Correct or not....Talking about Muhajir community then Muhajir community never Forcefully taken land from anyone by guns...you may like to accuse MQM in that but without proof...All those areas you have mentioned are TOTAL NUMBERS OF KACHI ABADIES and many are not even belong to Muhajirs and yes on one extent their is an area name Orangi which is biggest slum of Karachi but it has also been legalise by Sindh Govt. not CDGK cause CDGK cant have those authorities as KBCA which is responsible doesnt come under their control....Now tell me are those slums name written in bold belongs to Muhajirs????

 

[Jury]

 

[bankalalookheti]

@yahya87

Whatever these Sindhi nationalists are saying is correct, not only many newspapers have reported it but those who live in Karachi are aware of this fact that MQM has consecutively demolished many Sindhi goths around Karachi. What I find more strange is that those who take Altaf's every single word as gospel are suspecting the honesty of so many Sindhi leaders.

Machare colony lies near Kimari whereas Bangali Para somewhere in Landhi, I am talking about Musa Colony that lies behind the APWA college in Federal B Area.

Did I say that all the Bangladeshis living in Pakistan are illegal immigrants? But just google and you will find out that millions of Bangladeshis, Burmese, Nepalils, Indians and Afghanis are living illegally in Pakistan. I have also posted some links to prove my point but it seems that you didn't read them. Here is one more news for you I hope it will help you understand my point.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/30605/‘16-of-karachi’s-20m-residents-are-illegal’/
KARACHI: Almost 16 per cent of the 20 million people living in Karachi are illegal residents, speakers at a seminar “Being illegal in a foreign land means non-existence” discussed at the fishermen’s centre on Friday.

Thousands of people cross the borders and enter Pakistan posing as fishermen, while 80 per cent of them are from Bangladesh, said Mahigeer Samaji Sangat president Yousuf Khaskheli. The fishing industry employs the largest number of Bengalis, who also find work in households or as roadside venders, he added.

One more thing you might be unaware of is that the majority of Bangladeshis have come to Pakistan after the separation of its eastern wing. So you cant say that Pakistan didn't change their status after the creation of Bangladesh and they are still considered as Bangladeshis.

You seem to bear a special grudge against Afghans and I can understand the reason why. All illegal immigrants whether Afghans or Bangladeshis should be treated equally. At one point you say that there are criminals in every community and at the same time you grossly generalize and call all Afghans criminals. Is it called hypocrisy?

One more thing I should mention here, I do differentiate between a normal Urdu speaking and a die hard MQM supporter. There millions of Urdu speakers in Karachi who don't support this mafia known as MQM.

 

[bankalalookheti]

@yahya87

I can at least tell you who is the major culprit in the biggest crimes against the normal Pakistanis and I am talking about the target killing. Here is your answer,

Sunday, May 23, 2010
Official report blames MQM militants for target killings

By Umar Cheema

ISLAMABAD: The first official diagnosis, prognosis and prescription on the highly destabilising target killings in Karachi is now available as a seven-member high-level official committee has prepared its report blaming political parties and naming only the MQM which it says has a militant wing which is tasked to create law and order situations to achieve its political ends.

For the first time all the security agencies in Karachi have collectively pinpointed the problems and have admitted that as many as 83 police officers involved in earlier operations against MQM have been eliminated in target killings, which has adversely affected the morale of police force.

The report ordered by the Interior Ministry was prepared by a committee which had all the official security stakeholders in Karachi, including the Sindh Police, Special Branch, IB, ISI, Rangers and the Interior Ministry.

It is now said to be lying with the prime minister for action but its recommendations are almost impossible to implement, including de-weaponisation of Karachi, registration of all aliens, insulation of police from political influence and others.

A security expert said it is for the first time a comprehensive picture, and a blunt one, has been presented by the report but whether any action can be taken is a big question mark.

Federal Interior Secretary, Chaudhry Qamar Zaman, confirmed to The News that the report was ready but said he had not seen any follow-up as yet, saying the interior minister has gone to Karachi to find a way out in the wake of the current spate of target killings.

MQMs parliamentary leader, Dr Farooq Sattar, rejected the partys involvement in target killings. As far the killings of police officers involved in Karachi operation, he said this issue needed separate treatment and a comparison should be drawn between the number of casualties the party suffered in that operation and the police killings later on.

To be fair to all parties the entire text of the three-page report is being reproduced below. The copy available with The News has been doctored by our sources to the extent that the dates, file numbers and signatures of the members have been deleted. The text is, however, complete with recommendations:

Subject: Report on Target killings in Karachi

1. Minister for interior constituted a committee under the additional secretary, Ministry of Interior consisting of members from Sindh Police, Special Branch, IB, ISI and Rangers to identify target killings which took place during the last six months in Karachi and investigate into the circumstances with a view to find its solution.

2. The committee invited affectees of target killings. The members of the committee assembled at NCMC office, Karachi and interviewed scores of affectees, interested groups and NGOs etc, home secretary, Sindh, DG Rangers, Sindh, IG Police Sindh, CCPO Karachi were also interviewed to assess the situation.

3. Politically motivated target killing in Karachi appeared in 90s when MQM Haqiqi parted its ways with MQM Altaf and continues to stall the landscape of Karachi with varying intensity to date. It is a turf war going on amongst political groups to have their say in the affairs of Karachi. MQM has won 17 out of 20 NA seats in Karachi and wants to keep its hold. ANP has for the first time won two provincial seats in Pakhtun dominated areas and wants to consolidate gains. Lyari Town with its Baloch population is a stronghold of PPP. Migration from Swat/Fata to Karachi is a cause of concern for the dominant ethnic group in Karachi. MQM is trying to expand its influence in Rehmanabad, Junejo Town, Khuda ki Basti, Gutter Bagheecha etc in non-Urdu speaking population by bringing in new settlement of Urdu speaking people in these areas. This is creating resentment in Pakhtuns and Balochs who feel that they will lose their electoral strength due to change in demography. New settlements also attract land mafia which further complicates the situation.

4. Eighty-three police officers involved in earlier operations against MQM have been eliminated in target killing which has adversely affected the morale of police force.

5. Political parties, specially the MQM, has its militant wing which at times is tasked to create law and order situation for achieving political ends.

6. Following proposals are formulated by the committee to address the situation in Karachi:

a) Conference of all stakeholders in Karachi to work out code of ethics for mutual co-existence.

b) Formation of peace committee at provincial/zonal level headed by senior officers for identifying trouble spots in the respective areas and to address the issue before it flares up. Committees can be expanded to police station level.

c) Merit-based policing with institutional arrangements to insulate police from extraneous influence and its capacity building.

d) Media may be involved to highlight the suffering of families of the victims of target killing and to expose the elements involved in it.

e) Strict ban on conversion of amenity plots for residential purposes and removal of all illegal encroachments.

f) Registration of aliens.

g) De-weaponisation of Karachi.

While the MQM was singled out in the report for having militant wings which were used at times, Dr Farooq Sattar vehemently denied it.

When asked by The News as to why the representatives of these agencies had highlighted the MQMs involvement in target killing more than land mafia, Farooq Sattar said it could be an effort to distract attention from the land mafia.

He said the MQM has lost 140 workers in target killings in the space of one year. He said the Sindh chief minister has formed a law and order committee with representatives of all ethnic groups as its members. The committee would jointly work with anti-encroachment cell and meet every fortnightly to review the situation.

Another MQM leader, who requested not to be named, termed the allegations against the party in the report as totally baseless and having no link with reality. He said efforts to blackmail MQM were made in every period. The successive governments, however, made alliances with the MQM that proved that the party had no role in killings, he asserted.

 

[Ammad Hafeez]

MQM blame only Pathans for land grabbing as if all other ethnic groups especially Mohajirs are not involved in the land grabbing.

Mohajirs (I myself am a Mohajir so please MQM supporter no Punjabi bashing here) have been the biggest land grabbers in the history of Karachi, although most of their kachi abadis have been legalized by the city governments.

Here is a list of Kach Abadis in Karachi now tell me how many of these abadis are Pathan only?

MQM doesn't seem to have any problem with the illegal settlements like Moosa colony (which is full of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants)that lies right in the middle of the city and is quite big but are adamant to destroy all the illegal settlements where Pathans or Sindhis are living?

MQM has even demolished those Sindhi goths around Karachi where the Sindihis were living since years.



Appendix-3

List of katchi abadis surveyed








1 Abbasi Nagar Part-1
2 Abdul Ghafoor Gourgage
3 Abdul Ghafoor village
4 Abdullah village
5 Abuzer Colony
6 Adam Hangora Goth
7 Afridi Colony
8 Akbar Colony
9 Akhtar Colony
10 Ali Basti
11 Ali Mohammad Goth
12 Ali Mohammad village
13 Al-Mustafa Colony
14 Al-Zia Colony
15 Anjuman-e-Ittehad Colony
16 Arafat Town
17 Ashraf Colony
18 Ashraf Colony -2
19 Ashrafabad
20 Asif Colony
21 Awami Colony
22 Ayub Goth
23 Azim Khan Goth
24 Azimabad No.1
25 Azimabad No.2
26 Baloch Para
27 Baloch Colony
28 Baloch Goth
29 Barija village
30 Barsati Shed
31 Bawani Chali - 1
32 Bawani Chali - 2
33 Bawani Chali - 3
34 Behar Colony
35 Bhittai Colony
36 Bhutto Nagar
37 Bilal Colony
38 Bilal Colony
39 Bilal Shah Noorani Goth
40 Brohi Mohallah
41 Bund Gali
42 Burmi & Sharif Colony
43 Central Muslimabad

44 Chakara Goth Chakra Colony & Noorani Basti
45 Chouta Maidan
46 Christian Town
47 Chitagong Colony
48 Choona Depo
49 Dara Nagar
50 Darwaish Colony
51 Dawood Chali Colony
52 Doha Village
53 Ejaz Colony
54 Essa Goth
55 Essa Nagri
56 Essa Village
57 Farooqabad
58 Farooq-e-Azam Colony
59 Ferozabad
60 Firdous Chali Colony
61 Firdous Colony
62 Future Colony - 1
63 Future Colony - 2
64 Gabol Town
65 Gazderabad
66 Generalabad
67 Gharib Nawaz Colony
68 Gharib Nawaz Colony
69 Gharibabad
70 Ghousia Colony
71 Ghousia Noorani Pahari Basti
72 Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Colony
73 Ghulam Mohammad village
74 Gilgit Colony
75 Goharabad
76 Golimar Bazar
77 Gujar nala
78 Gul Mohammad village
79 Gulshan-e-Mustafa Colony
80 Gunj Shakar Colony
81 Hadi Mill
82 Haider Colony
83 Haji Mureed Goth
84 Haji Perie village
85 Haroonabad
86 Haroonabad - 2

Katchi Abadis of Karachi: A survey of 334 katchi abadis





87 Hasan Aulia village
88 Hashim Goth
89 Hasrat Mohani Colony
90 Hazara Colony
91 Hijrat Colony
92 Hill Area
93 Hundred Quarter
94 Islamia Colony
95 Islamia Colony No. 2
96 Jalalabad
97 Jamal Goth
98 Jamali Colony
99 Jamhoria Colony
100 Jauhar Colony
101 Jauhar Street
102 Jehangirabad
103 Jinjan Goth
104 Jinnah Colony
105 Jadgal Village
106 Junejo Town
107 Kachi Para
108 Kashmir Colony
109 Kauser Niazi Colony
110 Khalidabad
111 Khamosh Colony
112 Khandoo Goth
113 Khawaja Ajmair Nagri
114 Khawaja Gharib Nawaz Colony
115 Khuldabad 1
116 Khuldabad 2
117 Khuldabad 3
118 Khyber Colony
119 Kohat Colony
120 Liaquat Basti
121 M.P.R. Colony
122 Madina Colony, Gulshan
123 Madina Colony, Landhi
124 Madina Colony
125 Madina Market
126 Makhdoom Colony
127 Malik Anwar Goth
128 Malir Shed-2
129 Manzoor Colony
130 Mariumabad

131 Maseeh Colony
132 Masoom Shah Colony
133 Mecca Colony
134 Mehran Colony
135 Mehtab Colony
136 Mansehra Colony
137 Miskeenabad
138 Mistri Khan Village
139 Moosa Colony
140 Muhammad Ali Colony
141 Muhammad Ali Colony
142 Muhammad Hussain Goth
143 Muhammad Nagar
144 Muhammadabad
145 Mujahid Colony
146 Mujahid Colony (Nazimabad)
147 Millat Nagar
148 Muslim Colony
149 Muslim Rajput Colony
150 Muslimabad
151 Muslimabad
152 Muslimabad `D' Area
153 Mussarat Colony
154 Mustafa Taj Colony
155 Mustafa Colony
156 Naghman Goth
157 Natal Colony
158 Naubehar Colony
159 Nazimabad
160 New Muslimabad
161 Nishtarabad
162 Noor Muhammad village
163 Noorani Basti
* Orangi: 113 settlements are included
in the end
164 Pahar Gunj
165 Pak People Colony
166 Pasban Mohallah
167 Pathan Colony - 1/2
168 Pathan Colony -3
169 Pathan Colony 4/5
170 Pehlwan Goth
171 Pirabad
172 Punjabi Para

173 Punjabi Para (Malir)
174 Qabli Colony
175 Qadeemi Mohallah
176 Qadria Colony
177 Qasimabad
178 Quaidabad
179 Quaid-e-Azam Colony
180 Rajput Colony
181 Rehmanabad
182 Rehmatia Colony
183 Reti Line
184 Rexer Colony 1/2
185 Roodad Nagar (Nazimabad)
186 Roshan Shah Sikri Colony
187 Roshanabad
188 Sabirah Goth
189 Salai Para
190 Saleh Muhammad village
191 Sarfraz Colony
192 Sarhad Ittehad Colony & Dhobi Ghat
193 Sadiqabad
194 Shad Rasool Colony
195 Shafiq Colony
196 Shah Dost village
197 Shah Jahanabad - 2
198 Shah Khalid Colony

199 Shah Khalid Colony
200 Shahjehanabad-1
201 Sherpao Colony
202 Sherabad
203 Siraj Colony
204 Sultanabad 1/2
205 Tekri Colony
206 Tayababad
207 U.P. Mohajreen Colony
208 Umar Baloch Goth
209 Umer Colony
210 Usman Ghani Colony
211 Usmanabad
212 Usmania Colony
213 Usmania Mohajir Colony
214 Vagri Village
215 Waheedabad
216 Waliyatabad
217 Welfare Colony
218 Yasin Zubair Colony
219 Zahidabad
220 Zia Colony
221 Ziaul Haq Colony
222 - 334 Orangi Katchi Abadis: Total 113

Check out, Who's Grabbing the Lands in Karachi !!

Karachi Gulshan-e-Iqbal Editor Financial Post Qudsiya Kadri revealing Some fact about Grabbing by ANP Terrorist who remain drunk and harass the residence and pressurize them to sell their flats at very cheap rate. Even the local Pashtun & Pathan are leaving Mekasa apartment, Girls are kidnapped & raped by ANP student wing terrorist in Karachi. Target Killing in Karachi ANP MQM

 

[Ammad Hafeez]

Massive Land Grabbing in Gulistan-e-Johar

@ bankalalookheti

 

[bankalalookheti]

Now tell me are those slums name written in bold belongs to Muhajirs????

Here is the link,
http://www.oppinstitutions.org/Monograph/Monograph.htmAnd what do you think, all these illegal settlements are filled with Afghans and Pathans?What about some famous settlements like Golimar, Gharibabad and Lalookhet that are filled with Mohajirs and were initially illega kachi abadis?

 

[Ammad Hafeez]

@ bankalalookheti

Peoples of Rabia City (Gulistan-e-Johar) in danger of Land Mafia

Massive Land Grabbing in Karachi : Baber Khan Ghori MQM

 

[Ammad Hafeez]

Now tell me are those slums name written in bold belongs to Muhajirs????

Here is the link,
http://www.oppinstitutions.org/Monograph/Monograph.htmAnd what do you think, all these illegal settlements are filled with Afghans and Pathans?What about some famous settlements like Golimar, Gharibabad and Lalookhet that are filled with Mohajirs and were initially illega kachi abadis?

LOL Illegal Kachi Abadi.
If you are saying which are illegals then Plz Case a filed against these lands. And What do you say about Ittehad Town, Northern Bypass and Banaras / Metrovil / Katti Pahari, Are these legal Lands??

 

[bankalalookheti]

Ammad Hafeez, all parties are busy in grabbing land, nothing is more precious at this moment than land in Karachi. Always tell the whole story and never shy to accept the shortcomings of your dear ones.

‘I Own Karachi’ — and can sell it! By Ardeshir Cowasjee
Sunday, 22 Feb, 2009
KARACHI, this increasingly ravaged city, has a dire history of the conversion of amenity plots to commercial and residential use. Virtually every ‘ruler’ or administrator has left his mark on the exploding metropolis by giving away what was not his to give — public spaces and civic-use plots that were planned by experts for the common good.

At the Corporate Summit on Climate Change held in Karachi last Thursday, the city nazim Mustafa Kamal told a gathering of some 200 businessmen, industrialists, environmentalists, academics and NGOs that he had learnt that day for the first time of the importance of the environment. He admitted to being unfamiliar with the Environment Protection Act 1997 and with the effects of climate change.

He welcomed an offer from Leadership for Environment & Development Pakistan to assist him in evaluating his development strategy and his proposed solutions to the city’s problems, including mass transportation, treatment of 400 million gallons per day of raw sewage presently being dumped into the sea, and the management of 10,000 tons of garbage generated daily.



Coincidentally, whilst the nazim was speaking at the DHA Golf Club, members of the MQM were passing a City Council resolution at the KMC Hall, barely eight miles away, converting over 40 acres of amenity space at Sewage Treatment Plant-2 in Mehmoodabad (located at N24o51’6’, E67o04’27’ on Google-Earth) into a housing colony.


This was done despite the protests of opposition members who foresaw ‘horrible devastation’ if land assigned for a treatment plant expansion was swallowed up. They explained that many previous attempts to misuse and convert amenity spaces had been struck down by the courts.

In July 2008, a similar illegal conversion (‘commercialisation’) of a 2.5-acre space on the Clifton beach was attempted by the City Council treasury benches (over the objections of the opposition members) for use as a five-star hotel-cum-shopping complex. Earlier this month, a blitz of ads in the press announced the auction of the beach plot for a reserved price of Rs119 crores.

With seven others, I filed a case in the high court of Sindh. It was explained to Justice Gulzar Ahmed that Clifton was the only beach promenade in the city, and was protected under law as an amenity space to be used for public recreation. On recognising the merit in the argument the good judge suspended the auction that was to be held on Feb 17, and issued notice to the city government. Now, residents of the area, especially those with beach-front apartments, must join the fray to protect the environment and the beach.

Over the past three years, our City Council under the slogan ‘I Own Karachi!’ has passed a number of resolutions converting the status of parks, playgrounds, public building plots and amenity spaces to residential and commercial use. Auctions or encroachment/conversion of such spaces are the order of the day. I have attempted on several occasions to bring these flagrancies of the law to the notice of Nazim Mustafa Kamal.

In some instances, individuals and community groups in affected areas have filed petitions in the high court and have obtained ad-interim stays. Herewith a partial list of amenity spaces in the city under attack by various mafias.

Kashmir Road — China Ground (five acres); Kashmir Road — KMC Sports Complex (2.5 acres); 148/1 Tunisia Lines — Webb Ground (five acres); ST-1 North Nazimabad (two acres); North Nazimabad — Green Belt (1.5 acres); K-28/108 — Gutter Baghicha (480 acres); KDA Scheme No.32 — Kidney Hill Park (62 acres); Mehmoodabad — TP-2 (40 acres); ST-10, ST-9/1, ST-9/16 Gulistan-i-Jauhar (one acre); ST-9 Block-A North Nazimabad — Bagh-i-Baber (three acres).


ST-5/1 Block-E North Nazimabad — Hazoori Bagh (1.35 acres); ST-5/2 Block-E North Nazimabad (2.03 acres); ST-5/4 Block-E North Nazimabad (two acres); ST-4 Block-D North Nazimabad — Bagh-i-Dilafroz (three acres); ST-1 Block-1 North Nazimabad — Bagh-i-Dilkhusha (three acres); Block-L Sector 11 Orangi Township — Al-Mehran Ground; ST-3/B Block-6 Federal ‘B’ Area (one acre); ST-5 Block-14 Gulshan-i-Iqbal — DC (East) Office (8.3 acres).

ST-36 Block-3 Clifton — Clifton Beach Promenade (2.5 acres); ST-13 Sector-6/F Block-6-F Korangi — Mehran Town (2.27 acres); ST-14 Sector-5 Block-6 Korangi — Mehran Town (2.26 acres); ST-15 Sector-5 Block 6-F Korangi (0.87 acres); ST-17 Sector-5 Block 6-F Korangi (0.41 acres); ST-18 Sector-5 Block 6-F Korangi (0.41 acres); ST-20 Sector-5 Block 6-F Korangi (one acre); ST-21 Sector-5 Block 6-F Korangi (0.95 acres).

To repeat, as has been repeated time and again, amenity plots and spaces are established for the public welfare and common good of all citizens. They cannot be converted or used for other purposes.



The very concept of establishing a housing colony on an amenity park plot is an anathema, especially in a situation where there is a severe paucity of open spaces, parks and playgrounds for the burgeoning population of this city.



When Enrique Penalosa, the well-known and well-regarded former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, visited Karachi some weeks ago he rightly asked what our future generations of congested city residents will be able to do when they find that we have greedily occupied and converted most of our parks, playgrounds and open spaces. What will they think of us, their forebears?



That we were uncaring, selfish and rapacious, our greed for money never slaked? He pointed out the obvious fact that wealth and other assets can be created in future, but eaten-up open spaces and parks once meant for the beneficial use of citizens can never be recreated.
If the city government needs money to run its functions, it must be raised through taxes or other legitimate means, not through the illegal sale of land notified for amenity and public purposes.



My team and I are tired of battling increasing gangs of marauders determined to lay waste to Karachi — as millions of citizen bystanders, who should know better, look on silently. Perhaps the superior courts will take suo moto notice of this rape of the city and ask why the applicable laws are being brazenly flouted. Perhaps the ‘silent majority’ will become ashamed of their apathy and act.
Is our city, and its open spaces, not worth saving?

 

[bankalalookheti]

How come the sector incharges of MQM, (like that the former sector incharge of Federal B Area Mr. Shakeel who had been awarded a residential plot in Gulistanejohar), have been awarded lands by MQM? In which country the political parties award lands to their workers? I know more than you people can imagine :)

 

[bankalalookheti]

Part II



I own Karachi and can sell it! II By Ardeshir Cowasjee
Sunday, 17 May, 2009



BUY land theyre not making it any more. Mark Twains one-liner has attained a new twist in our beleaguered Karachi: Steal land the government is not protecting it any more!
The adverse ecological, social and economic consequences of grabbing and converting public land and amenity spaces, especially parks and playgrounds, increasingly matters not a whit to the so-called leaders, administrators, officials and odd politicians despite their hypocritical protestations of love for the country and their loud trumpeting of determination to do what is best for the common good.


This past February, I wrote about how our young and energetic city nazim, Mustafa Kamal, had told a gathering of some 200 businessmen, industrialists, environmentalists, academics and NGOs that he had just learnt for the first time of the importance of the environment and admitted to being unfamiliar with the Environment Protection Act 1997 and with the effects of climate change.
He said he was open to any offers from those willing to assist him in evaluating his development strategy and his proposed solutions for the citys problems, including mass transportation, treatment of 400 million gallons per day of raw untreated sewage presently being dumped into the sea, and the management of 10,000 tons of garbage generated daily.


Now, coincidentally, whilst he was speaking, at another Karachi venue, members of the MQM were passing a City Council resolution converting over 40 acres of amenity space at Sewage Treatment Plant-2 in Mahmoodabad into a housing colony. This was done despite the protests of opposition members who foresaw horrible devastation if land assigned for a treatment plant expansion was swallowed up. Some time later, we were compelled to file another case to protect this critical 40 acres of sewage treatment plant land from conversion to a residential estate: the court was good enough to grant us an ad-interim stay (which is, unfortunately, being openly violated at the site contempt of court?).


Also this year, Shehri, the redoubtable environmental group, wrote to all the powers that be providing them with before (2004) and after (2009) satellite images of five encroached parks in North Nazimabad: the unlawful construction of houses, without any KBCA-approved plans, is clearly visible (see images at www.shehri.org). This newspaper and other sections of the press, including the latest annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), prominently publicised Shehris complaints, but Mustafa Kamal has not yet spoken up.


Last month, the CDGKs Master Planner, Attique Baig, inserted a public notice in the press inviting objections within one week to a proposal to convert over half of a playground in Bath Islands Gulshan-i-Faisal Society to commercial shops and a road. Presently, less than 13 per cent of the societys 46 acres is being used for amenities (parks, playgrounds, mosques, schools, etc), despite local town-planning laws which require a minimum of 18 per cent. Investigations revealed that about 3,000 square yards of the playground had already been encroached upon by under-construction multistoried KPT flats. Now further pillage is being planned.


I addressed a letter to Mr Attique Beg, EDO (MPGO), CDGK on the subject of the Conversion of playground to shops, Gulshan-i-Faisal Society in Bath Island, copying Mustafa. It read: I live in the locality and utilise the meagre amenities/utilities planned for the area. Your Public Notice in The Nation dated 6-4-2009 (copy attached) is not at all clear. Apparently, CDGK proposes to endorse the re-planning of the playground in Gulshan-i-Faisal Society to create 12 shops and a road, and is trying to determine if the public has any objections. As this is in blatant violation of the laws prohibiting change of amenity land use, the application should have been rejected ab initio by the CDGK/MPGO. Please provide me immediately with copies of the documents listed in Annexure-1 to enable me to file detailed objections. To date, no answer has been received.


The April 24 issue of The Pulse, an Islamabad weekly, carries an article entitled MQM leads in land-grabbing contest, detailing the activities of the three major coalition partners in the Sindh government, PPP, ANP and MQM in ethnic-inspired battles to grab government, private and amenity lands. Shuhada (martyrs) colonies have been set up on public amenity plots in Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Korangi, Malir and elsewhere for the heirs of deceased MQM activists.


The party maintains that such residential misuse is a lesser evil, and prevents parks from being captured by the Taliban for unlawful mosques/madressahs. Should not the government be protecting these amenity spaces from all marauders for the original planned beneficial use of the common citizens?The news item lists 175 parks and playgrounds where the MQM has arbitrarily established party offices (www.weeklypulse.org/ pulse/article/3449.html).


The connivance of revenue/land and cooperative societies departmental officials, along with the patronage of the nazims, police and politicians, expedites the takeover and occupation of all types of land in the city. The PPP cooperatives minister, Jalil Memon, has admitted to blatant corruption in his department where commercial and other land of societies (including those for lower-cadre government employees) has been illegally disposed by appointed administrators and inspectors. Every now and then, the provincial government makes a pretence of taking notice of the loot and pillage, but inquiries dissipate with time.


The problem has other dimensions. Much valuable real estate in the heart of Karachi was given by the province in pre-1947 days to various government and utility/municipal organisations, including the railways, post office, civil aviation authority, water board, transport corporations, tourism department, etc. Such lands had acquired the status of amenity spaces. Increasingly, over the past two decades, incompetence, mismanagement and rampant corruption have broken the financial backs of these organisations. To keep themselves alive, they have now been reduced to unlawfully auctioning their centrally-located amenity land for commercial/residential/and other uses. What will they sell when all the family silver has been swallowed up?


We, the people, are inconsequential, helpless. The rulers consider themselves to be above all laws. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry feels for the people. Could he please take suo moto notice and ask the factotums why the laws and conventions are so brazenly being violated? Could he please order the Karachi Supreme Court bench to act? The people and their earth which is being defiled will be grateful.


Footnote: An HRCP fact-finding team reports that the violence that erupted last month at a Christian resettlement colony in Surjani Town was a ploy engineered by an area PPP-MQM nexus of land-grabbers to harass their ANP competitors by blaming Pashtuns for the pro-Taliban wall-chalking on churches and the subsequent attacks.

 

[anglopakiman]

MQM isn't a political party, its an ongoing organized criminal enterprise. The whole MQM leadership have had more criminal charges and convictions against them than any other party. Given the ways of the other parties in Pak, you really have to TRY to be the "most criminal." Their only political platforms are self-enrichment, extortion and murder and mayhem in furtherance of those goals. They have an army of brainwashed morons which they use both as a voting block and as hired goons to intimidate their opponents. The MQM are easily among the largest mafia organizations in the world.

 

[bankalalookheti]

LOL Illegal Kachi Abadi.
If you are saying which are illegals then Plz Case a filed against these lands. And What do you say about Ittehad Town, Northern Bypass and Banaras / Metrovil / Katti Pahari, Are these legal Lands??

Bhai this advise should ad been given to MQM that is running this city like its personal fiefdom. My question, why this idea didn't occur to the worlds best city mayor ( or the second best?)?

 

[bankalalookheti]

MQM isn't a political party, its an ongoing organized criminal enterprise. The whole MQM leadership have had more criminal charges and convictions against them than any other party. Given the ways of the other parties in Pak, you really have to TRY to be the "most criminal." Their only political platforms are self-enrichment, extortion and murder and mayhem in furtherance of those goals. They have an army of brainwashed morons which they use both as a voting block and as hired goons to intimidate their opponents. The MQM are easily among the largest mafia organizations in the world.

The problem is that all three major political parties in Karachi namely PPP, ANP and MQM are involved in land grabbing and target killing and MQM is leading in all the three contests by a great margin, but the die hard followers of bhai sahib london waley think that he and his mafia like party cannot do anything wrong.

 

[anglopakiman]

exactly. the mqm are so bad precisely because their followers are so totally brainwashed into thinking that their leaders are pure as snow. This gives MQM a blank check for gangsterism on a grand scale, because no matter what they do, they know their followers will vote for them.

 

[YAHYA87]

@yahya87

Whatever these Sindhi nationalists are saying is correct, not only many newspapers have reported it but those who live in Karachi are aware of this fact that MQM has consecutively demolished many Sindhi goths around Karachi. What I find more strange is that those who take Altaf's every single word as gospel are suspecting the honesty of so many Sindhi leaders.

Machare colony lies near Kimari whereas Bangali Para somewhere in Landhi, I am talking about Musa Colony that lies behind the APWA college in Federal B Area.

Did I say that all the Bangladeshis living in Pakistan are illegal immigrants? But just google and you will find out that millions of Bangladeshis, Burmese, Nepalils, Indians and Afghanis are living illegally in Pakistan. I have also posted some links to prove my point but it seems that you didn't read them. Here is one more news for you I hope it will help you understand my point.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/30605/‘16-of-karachi’s-20m-residents-are-illegal’/
KARACHI: Almost 16 per cent of the 20 million people living in Karachi are illegal residents, speakers at a seminar “Being illegal in a foreign land means non-existence” discussed at the fishermen’s centre on Friday.

Thousands of people cross the borders and enter Pakistan posing as fishermen, while 80 per cent of them are from Bangladesh, said Mahigeer Samaji Sangat president Yousuf Khaskheli. The fishing industry employs the largest number of Bengalis, who also find work in households or as roadside venders, he added.

One more thing you might be unaware of is that the majority of Bangladeshis have come to Pakistan after the separation of its eastern wing. So you cant say that Pakistan didn't change their status after the creation of Bangladesh and they are still considered as Bangladeshis.

You seem to bear a special grudge against Afghans and I can understand the reason why. All illegal immigrants whether Afghans or Bangladeshis should be treated equally. At one point you say that there are criminals in every community and at the same time you grossly generalize and call all Afghans criminals. Is it called hypocrisy?

One more thing I should mention here, I do differentiate between a normal Urdu speaking and a die hard MQM supporter. There millions of Urdu speakers in Karachi who don't support this mafia known as MQM.

Oh yes Sindhi nationalist leaders are correct word to word just listen to them what they think about Liaqat Ali Khan that will open your eyes as they consider Liaqat Ali Khan a person who took over Karachi by force when Karachi was declare capital of Pakistan....Have you ever heard those people like STP leader Zulfiqar Magsi who says that everyone should be declare ILLEGAL whom ever came after 1954???Even he insists that people from other province dont have the rights to vote in Sindh province cause they are non Sindhis....So are you trying to say that you are another person Who will alligned with India or Israel just in purpose of MQM bashing.....I understand what you are upto....just to give you another picture of those Sindhi nationalist when KPK and Punjab was going through floods and Sindh was next target of floods few years ago they were having a conference related to SHORTAGE OF WATER....I dont know how much ignorant they are about the stuff going on in Karachi....BTW did you ever had any chance of visiting Sachal Goth and another slum behind Metro super market???They are all those Sindhi nationalists who built those slums....So every slums built by Sindhi is fair cause its part of Sindh but when others are living here then its not allowed is that what you want to explain????Just curious do you agree with JSQM cause they are SEPARATIST not even a Nationalist party.....They arent worth to be trusted when it comes to situation cause even most sindhi dont trust them then what else is left to explain their credibility....BTW how do you came up with idea that I am MQM worker????I dont represent MQM to make your record correct I just support MQM for getting rid of those criminal elements which they are actually trying to get rid of...Cause I live very near to Sohrab Goth and I know what those Criminal elements supported by ANP are doing their also have relatives in Jauhar, DeSilva Town which are another spots close to areas effected by ANP's criminal elements like in Jauhar Rabia City and near DeSilva Town Paharh ganj and Kati paharh back side area of Mountain is located...SO dont tell me that I dont know any of them....

at least you accept that not every Bangali is illegal citizen but not MOST Bangalis arent illegal citizens as well if they are living in slums that doesnt mean that they are illegal citizenscause the only reason for them living in Slums are Negligence of Pakistan authorities for their wellfare as Pakistani authorities have always neglect them despite of most of their citizenship of Pakistan....I know one Illegal Bangali in Pakistan and I know how he is living...He had to give RS5000 each month to bribe Police for his freedom each month so just tell me how hard is it for Police to get rid of him and others like him????Talking about APWA college and Musaa Calony then yes their are some criminal elements their but not all of them....If you know then in the same area every Sunday one of the biggest market of birds are held where they use to sell birds their....and BTW Bangali Para is near City College not in Landhi....Machar Calony is the area most Bangalis use to live and I never heard of a single incident from bangalis done anything like those ANP thugs are doing in Sohrab Goth, Kati Paharh and Banarus....they are just running their business and simply living their and how hard is to get rid of them from karachi just tell me????How much resistance would they be able to give against the authorities???Do you think removing few hundred thousand Bangalis are anyway difficult for removing few thousand Land Grabbers in Karachi????
Yes I agree criminals are in every community and I also mentioned criminal elements in our community as well and where did I GENERALIZED Afghans as criminals????I just discussed their role of bringing Crimes in Pakistan and also their lives in Afghanistan that doesnt make all of them in the same category....Keep that in mind that Pakistani Pashtun and Afghan Pashtuns are NOT same as they looks same but they arent as Pakistani Pashtuns are living way better then Afghan Pashtun and also Pakistani Pashtuns have way more influence in both Pakistan and Afghan society then Afghan pashtun who are still couldnt able to counter Tajik's dominance in bureaucracy of Afghanistan.....So dont just keep imagine stuff if you dont know about....

What ever your differentiation might be but still MOST Muhajir voted for MQM and also many from other communities(like Baluch population of Ranchore Lane and many NON Muhajirs fom Gulshan, Nazimabad etc)....Their are Jamatee elements in our community(I suspect you are one of them) but in very small minority and also watching their political death in Karachi....

 

[YAHYA87]

Part II



‘I own Karachi’ … and can sell it! – II By Ardeshir Cowasjee
Sunday, 17 May, 2009



‘BUY land — they’re not making it any more.’ Mark Twain’s one-liner has attained a new twist in our beleaguered Karachi: ‘Steal land — the government is not protecting it any more!’
The adverse ecological, social and economic consequences of grabbing and converting public land and amenity spaces, especially parks and playgrounds, increasingly matters not a whit to the so-called ‘leaders,’ administrators, officials and odd politicians despite their hypocritical protestations of love for the country and their loud trumpeting of determination to do what is best for the common good.


This past February, I wrote about how our young and energetic city nazim, Mustafa Kamal, had told a gathering of some 200 businessmen, industrialists, environmentalists, academics and NGOs that he had just learnt for the first time of the importance of the environment and admitted to being unfamiliar with the Environment Protection Act 1997 and with the effects of climate change.
He said he was open to any offers from those willing to assist him in evaluating his development strategy and his proposed solutions for the city’s problems, including mass transportation, treatment of 400 million gallons per day of raw untreated sewage presently being dumped into the sea, and the management of 10,000 tons of garbage generated daily.


Now, coincidentally, whilst he was speaking, at another Karachi venue, members of the MQM were passing a City Council resolution converting over 40 acres of amenity space at Sewage Treatment Plant-2 in Mahmoodabad into a housing colony. This was done despite the protests of opposition members who foresaw ‘horrible devastation’ if land assigned for a treatment plant expansion was swallowed up. Some time later, we were compelled to file another case to protect this critical 40 acres of sewage treatment plant land from conversion to a residential estate: the court was good enough to grant us an ad-interim stay (which is, unfortunately, being openly violated at the site — contempt of court?).


Also this year, Shehri, the redoubtable environmental group, wrote to all the powers that be providing them with ‘before’ (2004) and ‘after’ (2009) satellite images of five encroached parks in North Nazimabad: the unlawful construction of houses, without any KBCA-approved plans, is clearly visible (see images at www.shehri.org). This newspaper and other sections of the press, including the latest annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), prominently publicised Shehri’s complaints, but Mustafa Kamal has not yet spoken up.


Last month, the CDGK’s Master Planner, Attique Baig, inserted a public notice in the press inviting objections within one week to a proposal to convert over half of a playground in Bath Island’s Gulshan-i-Faisal Society to commercial shops and a road. Presently, less than 13 per cent of the society’s 46 acres is being used for amenities (parks, playgrounds, mosques, schools, etc), despite local town-planning laws which require a minimum of 18 per cent. Investigations revealed that about 3,000 square yards of the playground had already been encroached upon by under-construction multistoried KPT flats. Now further pillage is being planned.


I addressed a letter to Mr Attique Beg, EDO (MPGO), CDGK on the subject of the ‘Conversion of playground to shops, Gulshan-i-Faisal Society in Bath Island,’ copying Mustafa. It read: ‘I live in the locality and utilise the meagre amenities/utilities planned for the area. Your Public Notice in The Nation dated 6-4-2009 (copy attached) is not at all clear. Apparently, CDGK proposes to endorse the re-planning of the playground in Gulshan-i-Faisal Society to create 12 shops and a road, and is trying to determine if the public has any objections. As this is in blatant violation of the laws prohibiting change of amenity land use, the application should have been rejected ab initio by the CDGK/MPGO. Please provide me immediately with copies of the documents listed in Annexure-1 to enable me to file detailed objections.’ To date, no answer has been received.


The April 24 issue of The Pulse, an Islamabad weekly, carries an article entitled ‘MQM leads in land-grabbing contest’, detailing the activities of the three major coalition partners in the Sindh government, PPP, ANP and MQM in ethnic-inspired battles to grab government, private and amenity lands. ‘Shuhada’ (martyrs’) colonies have been set up on public amenity plots in Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Korangi, Malir and elsewhere for the heirs of deceased MQM activists.


The party maintains that such residential misuse is a lesser evil, and prevents parks from being captured by the ‘Taliban’ for unlawful mosques/madressahs. Should not the government be protecting these amenity spaces from all marauders for the original planned beneficial use of the common citizens?The news item lists 175 parks and playgrounds where the MQM has arbitrarily established party offices (www.weeklypulse.org/ pulse/article/3449.html).


The connivance of revenue/land and cooperative societies’ departmental officials, along with the patronage of the nazims, police and politicians, expedites the takeover and occupation of all types of land in the city. The PPP cooperatives minister, Jalil Memon, has admitted to blatant corruption in his department where commercial and other land of societies (including those for lower-cadre government employees) has been illegally disposed by appointed administrators and inspectors. Every now and then, the provincial government makes a pretence of taking notice of the loot and pillage, but inquiries dissipate with time.


The problem has other dimensions. Much valuable real estate in the heart of Karachi was given by the province in pre-1947 days to various government and utility/municipal organisations, including the railways, post office, civil aviation authority, water board, transport corporations, tourism department, etc. Such lands had acquired the status of amenity spaces. Increasingly, over the past two decades, incompetence, mismanagement and rampant corruption have broken the financial backs of these organisations. To keep themselves alive, they have now been reduced to unlawfully auctioning their centrally-located amenity land for commercial/residential/and other uses. What will they sell when all the ‘family silver’ has been swallowed up?


We, the people, are inconsequential, helpless. The ‘rulers’ consider themselves to be above all laws. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry feels for the people. Could he please take suo moto notice and ask the factotums why the laws and conventions are so brazenly being violated? Could he please order the Karachi Supreme Court bench to act? The people and their earth which is being defiled will be grateful.


Footnote: An HRCP fact-finding team reports that the violence that erupted last month at a Christian resettlement colony in Surjani Town was a ploy engineered by an area PPP-MQM nexus of land-grabbers to harass their ANP competitors by blaming Pashtuns for the pro-Taliban wall-chalking on churches and the subsequent attacks.

Do you even know who Cawasjee actually is before quoting his stuff????He belongs to few last remaining nonMuslim family who were residing in Karachi way before Partition and after Partition when Muhajir entered the country most non Muslims left the country so that is why he has crush with whole Urdu speaking population and due to their most representation he also have crush with MQM as well...that is why he writes stuff against MQM to satisfy his desire of cursing Muhajirs....Every known writer knows about that so before you think its a propaganda go and have some info about him from sources in media...