Clearly, for all the federal government's clarifications, there is something Sindh-specific about the FIA and NAB's recent crusades. Where are similar actions in the other provinces? Have provincial offices in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
or Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
been raided? Has Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
seen an uptick in investigations into financial fraud or corruption by provincial authorities? The answer is obvious from the media headlines alone: Sindh appears to be the inordinate focus of interest by federal Sherlocks in recent months. Add to that the fact that a city-specific operation is in place only for Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
and that the army leadership has expressed some very blunt opinions about the quality of politicianship in Sindh, and the reasons for the siege mentality of the Sindh government become clear. While the federal government has for the most part tried to suggest that the many facets of the Sindh crackdown are entirely coordinated and led by the PML-N, there are clear and worrying signs that much of what is happening is occurring at the behest of the security establishment behind the scenes. A Sindh government that is at odds with not just the federal government but the military is a dangerous development in an ostensibly democratic framework.
Yet, the Sindh government will win little sympathy from any quarter so long as it continues with its hapless ways. That there is epic corruption and mis-governance in the province is no longer questioned by even the most ardent of democrats. That the Sindh government has done nothing to stamp out corruption in its midst is also not seriously questioned by independent observers. That the province could take the lead and has the powers necessary to fight corruption and mis-governance is also quite clear. If Sindh won't put its own house in order, is it a surprise that the centre should be attempting to do so itself?