Death rules in Karachi; toll hits at least 1800 this year

KARACHI: The killing spree is at full swing in the economic hub of the country where political, sectarian and ethnic murders have claimed 1800 lives this year so far, as the law and order seem to have gone completely out of the control of provincial administration and law enforcement agencies.

On an average, eight to ten people fall prey to the ongoing bloodshed every day and the number hits around 200 every month, as the concerned authorities only seem to be interested in dealing with the question of whether an incident was a result of a targeted killing, a personal enmity or some other nature.

The city of lights has been reduced to a lawless jungle which echoes with mourning of sorrows or painful cries of the victims and/or their families.

The port city where business activity used to be at its peak throughout the year has now plunged into greatest depths of darkness where death dances at the reverberation of gunshots.

The official figures pertaining to the year 2012, as many as 95 people were slain in January. In February 90 persons were butchered; in March 131 were put to permanent sleep; April, the month of Lyari operation, saw 187 deaths; May 193; June 184; July 195 and; August 179.

The month of September was the bloodiest so far in which 265 lives were lost while in October 252 were killed.

The death toll in current month of November has so far reached 150 and if the situation could not be controlled it is feared to rise beyond 200.