Killing fields of Karachi University

Nothing has changed in the University of Karachi during the last 25 years. It is still witnessing worst kind of violence and innocent students are getting killed ruthlessly even in the presence of Rangers. The sad thing the PPP and the MQM are not terribly bothered about murder and mayhem and they take no action to stop that. This is utter callousness and failure of all and sundry. This is simply inhuman.

Unfortunately I am witness to the first killing at the campus when one Tippu and his associates gunned down Hafiz Aslam of Islami Jamiat Taliba. I saw Aslam, the most decent of IJT leaders in a pool of blood, it was target killing. There were hundreds who participated in the funeral of Aslam raising slogans of ‘zalmo jawab do khoon ka hisab do’. There was no ethnicity involved in student politics; all mourn death of a young and that was end of dream.

That was the beginning of the mayhem that continued during Zia days in the city. Benazir Bhutto was inducted in to power but she was powerless against those who perpetuated violence and survived by violence. Now IJT was out of the violent scenario and the showdown was between PSF and APMSO, both kidnapped each other’s workers and subjected them to the worst torture. Finally military commander intervened and both parties brought their victims under a deal orchestrated by military commander. The PPP government was silent spectator and it did nothing to stop that gory game of death.