Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) chief and Federal Minister for Education Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has warned that Karachi is heading back to its pre-MQM era, where chaos and lawlessness prevailed.

Speaking on Aaj News’ programme “Rubaroo” with host Shaukat Paracha, Siddiqui said that Karachi should be governed by its taxpayers, not by those trying to seize control of the city.

He emphasised that repeated dumper accidents are not mere incidents but acts of criminal negligence.

“If people are crushed by dumpers every day, they will react. These are not accidents; they are murders,” he stated, calling for a stricter legal framework and local policing to hold the responsible parties accountable.

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Criticises Sindh government

Siddiqui held Sindh’s ruling party responsible for the deteriorating law and order situation, stating that under the 18th Amendment, all powers rest with the provincial government.

He accused the government of rigging elections to install its mayor in Karachi despite having no public mandate in the city.

He pointed out that Karachi has been suffering under the same issues for decades — reckless minibuses, dumpers, negligent drivers, and the same police force that turns a blind eye.

“Karachi has seen multiple so-called transport revolutions in the last 50 years, but the city remains deprived of a proper transport system,” he added.

Transport projects deliberately stalled

Siddiqui claimed that MQM had introduced a mass transit project in 1988, approved by the World Bank, but it was never implemented.

Similarly, under former mayor Mustafa Kamal, the Asian Development Bank had approved six bus rapid transit (BRT) routes, but the PPP government scrapped the project.

He criticised the Sindh government’s failure to execute transport plans effectively, saying the current road diggings are merely revivals of MQM’s abandoned projects.

Rising crime, corruption fueling poverty

Addressing the Mustafa Amir murder case, Siddiqui linked the drug trade and rising crime to the city’s governance failures.

“Where there is crime, there is corruption, and where there is corruption, poverty rises,” he remarked, warning that powerful figures are involved in Karachi’s crime syndicates.

Demands stricter laws for dumpers

Siddiqui said the root cause of Karachi’s dumper accidents is unchecked law enforcement. “The real criminals are not just the reckless drivers but the police officers who allow them on the roads without proper licenses,” he stated.

He urged for new laws regulating dumper movement, ensuring local police officers are from Karachi to prevent outsiders from endangering citizens’ lives.

“In civilised societies, local policing is a norm.

A local officer would never allow his own children to be run over by reckless dumpers,“ he asserted.

The MQM-P chief concluded that Karachi should no longer be treated as a “colonised or enslaved city” and called for urgent governance reforms to restore its rightful control to its people.