Karachi:
If one believed that strident touches resonate in the writing rooms of India, Karachi, a vibrant metropolis of more than 30 million, would have been reduced to debris. But like all other lies, deception and mischief that originate across the border, this has also been unmasked as fiction, not a fact. The hollow screams of the Indian media of an “attack against Karachi” are another chapter in a tired book of fear plays, not for the truth, but for the optics. However, Karachi is high, uninterrupted, without disturbing and not impressed.
The Express PAkGazette has investigated the false propaganda of the Indian media on an attack against Karachi and has brought to light the real situation in the city. In the midst of the reports of the breathless media that demand the devastation and the emergency in Karachi after an alleged attack, the facts on the ground tell a very different story: one of calm, continuity and resistance. The only thing that was under siege was the truth itself, since the Indian anchors panic of the study desks, far removed from the reality of the soil.
The commercial districts are buzzing, the streets are full of daily hustle and commercial life pulses without obstacles in the metropolis. From Keamari to Korangi, Colonia de Machar to Malir, you cannot find a trace of interruption. Public transport runs routinely, cargo flows do not become and the tireless populations of the city continues its daily rhythm, completely not affected by foreign fiction. In a surprising turn, even traffic jams once cursed by travelers were now seen as a sign of welcome peace, proof that life in the city marches, strong and proud.
Many voices of all Karachi have condemned what they call the War of Media of India, aimed at pacifying their domestic audience with stories of triumph manufactured. “This is nothing more than a psychological war,” said the patron chief of the Karachi Traders Khawaja Jamal Sethi alliance. “Karachi is open. Our markets, our gasoline bombs, our lives, all operate as normal. India is freeing a war of words because it cannot win a real war.”
The president of the Pakistan Assets Transportation Alliance, Malik Shehzad Awan, confirmed that there had been no interruptions in the cargo or traveler movement. “India is turning stories, but the world can see that Karachi does not sleep or is scared.”
Echoing the feeling, the senior political analyst Zia Abbas commented precisely: “The Modi government has suffered military, moral and diplomatic defeats. Now they are clinging to the straws of the media war, but Pakistan sees through the facade, and also the world.”
From minority leaders such as Naveed Bhatti, who reaffirmed that the diverse communities of the city feel safe and are united, to humanitarian workers such as Chhipa Chhipa Shahid Hussain, who described the Indian statements of “absolute manufactures.”
The Local Government Minister of Sindh, Saeed Ghani, summarized it as “there is no emergency, an attack or interruption. This is Indian propaganda at its worst time, and has failed. Citizens of all religions and communities in the city are united.”
