Karachi:
If we had to believe that acute drum beats echoing in Indian editorial rooms, Karachi – a dynamic metropolis of more than 30 million – would have been reduced to rubble. But like all the other lies, the deception and the shenanigans that come from the border, this was also unmasked as fiction, not done. The hollow cries of the Indian media of a “attack on Karachi” are still another chapter in a game book tired of fear, turned not for the truth, but for optics. However, Karachi is standing – uninterrupted, not disturbed and not impressed.
The Express PK Press Club investigated the false propaganda of the Indian media on an attack on Karachi and highlighted the real situation of the city. In the midst of breathtaking Indian media reports claiming a devastation and an emergency to Karachi following an supposed attack, the facts on the field tell a very different story – that of calm, continuity and resilience. The only seat was the truth itself, while the Indian anchors colored panic behind the studio offices, very far from the reality of the soil.
Business districts are buzzing, the streets are stuck in daily agitation and unhindered commercial life pulses across the metropolis. From Keamari to Korangi, colony from Machar to Malir, no trace of disturbance can be found. Public transport takes place regularly, compensated cargo flows and the famous tireless population of the city continues its daily rate – entirely not affected by foreign fiction. In a striking turn, even the traffic jams formerly cursed by commuters were now considered a sign of welcome peace – proof that life in the city is walking, noisy and proud.
Many Karachi voices condemned what they call the media war of India, aimed at pacifying its domestic audience with manufactured triumph stories. “It is nothing more than psychological warfare,” said the chief boss of the Karachi Traders Alliance Khawaja Jamal Sethi. “Karachi is open. Our markets, our petrol pumps, our lives – all work as usual. India wage a war of words because it cannot win a war of truth.”
The president of Pakistan Goods Transport Alliance, Malik Shehzad Awan, confirmed that no interruption had taken place in freight or suburbs. “India turns stories, but the world can see that Karachi is sleeping or afraid.”
Echoing the feeling that the main political analyst Zia Abbas dared to have pointed out: “Modi’s government has undergone military, moral and diplomatic defeats. Now, they serve the straws of the media war, but Pakistan sees through the facade – just like the world.”
Minority leaders like Naveed Bhatti, who have reaffirmed that the various communities of the city feel safe and unite, with humanitarian workers like Chaudhry Shahid Hussain of Chhipa, who called Indian affirmations “of absolute manufacturing”.
The Minister of the Local Government of Sindh, Saeed Ghani, summed it up as “there is no emergency, no attack and no disturbance. It is Indian propaganda at his worst – and she failed. The citizens of all the religions and communities of the city are united.”
