Peace in Karachi

Peace is a concept of love, tranquillity, harmony, non aggression and brotherhood. Peace doesn’t only imply a state of non-war, however, it brings along the concept of maintaining peace among societies and to take measures to establish a code of discipline. It is to promote justice, law and order, to avoid mishaps, to eradicate violence and to set up equality of rights for each and every individual of a society. It however, may seem a superficial and liberal concept to many, even though, it is due to peace that society’s still exists and flourish. Intentionally or unintentionally, every member of a society tries peace making.

Being a third world country, the concept of peace in Pakistan, is wavering. Karachi is the hub city of Pakistan, which is densely populated and that is where all the industrial, trade and transition activities take place. However, it is a pity to acknowledge the fact that this city is facing the most terror and has been a sight of increasing violence.

Recently, in Karachi, the terrorist activities have increased. It quite evident that the inflow of weaponry has increased and so has the number of suicide bombings and target killings. The crime rate has increased with a horrific rate. It has been fashioned that through violence, the culprits and even the ones in power can achieve their goals. Security has become the ultimate threat. As peace makers became richer over time, it became clear that making war had greater costs than initially anticipated. Each and every politician seemingly gives out statements after every terrorist activity but they every time fail in finding out the solution. It can be supported by the game theory, which states that war should be made to attain peace. This led to the development of the "promotable nice guy" strategy, a peace-maker until attacked, improved upon merely to win by occasional forgiveness even when attacked. In my opinion, the de-weaponisation of Karachi should be the utmost priority. Moreover, the politicians shouldn’t use violence for fulfilling their demands.