 KARACHI: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday directed the Sindh government to chalk out a comprehensive strategy and campaign to make Karachi weapons-free. Addressing a high-level meeting at Chief MinisterÂ’s house here, Musharraf directed the Sindh government to maintain religious harmony and improve security in the provincial capital by seizing weapons from the people at the earliest.
| Gun control will work there as well as it's worked anywhere else, I suppose. |
He said that previous campaigns had failed because only ordinary citizens handed over their weapons to the government, while anti-social individuals eluded the authorities.
He added that a successful weapons-recovery campaign was necessary to contain lawlessness in the city. Musharraf said the recent violence in Karachi over the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was the result of a conspiracy to fuel ethnic tension. He said that some individuals were trying to give ethnic colour to the Karachi carnage to create more chaos in the city.
| It's not like you need much of an excuse to create carnage and chaos in Karachi. |
The president said rumours that the forthcoming general elections would be postponed were baseless, adding that the elections would be held according to the schedule and presidential election would be held according to the Constitution.
Musharraf also directed Federal Water and Power Minister Liaqat Jatoi to take immediate steps to overcome the electricity crisis in Karachi.
| Just snapped his fingers and poof! More electricity! |
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