Considering the way people protested about the building of new consulate for the USA in Karachi - only shows how fed up people of the city have become with - diplomats of not only the USA but also of other countries, who are demarcating entire city areas as if they are their private turf. It has become irritating. Not only the flow of traffic is affected but also anyone passing by the offices and residences is considered suspect as if everyone in the city is a terrorist.
A perfectly law abiding citizen is treated like a common criminal. It would be better if the consulates, all the foreigners who feel insecure in Karachi, would be start living elsewhere.
It is a matter to note that as long as the Cold War lasted, the friendly face of all envoys was seen. There were cultural events. But as soon as the Cold War ended the envoys became blatantly obnoxious and hostile. First it was ' How to make friends and influnce people' the opposite 'How take enemies, coerce, irritate and inconvenience everyone'.
One might as well ask why should the consulate of the USA be built where a park is located - where people jog and exercise? It would be best if a seperate colony isbuilt on the outskirts of Karachi for all consulates and the rersidential area for all the diplomats. Even the PACC should be moved there also.
A perfectly law abiding citizen is treated like a common criminal. It would be better if the consulates, all the foreigners who feel insecure in Karachi, would be start living elsewhere.
It is a matter to note that as long as the Cold War lasted, the friendly face of all envoys was seen. There were cultural events. But as soon as the Cold War ended the envoys became blatantly obnoxious and hostile. First it was ' How to make friends and influnce people' the opposite 'How take enemies, coerce, irritate and inconvenience everyone'.
One might as well ask why should the consulate of the USA be built where a park is located - where people jog and exercise? It would be best if a seperate colony isbuilt on the outskirts of Karachi for all consulates and the rersidential area for all the diplomats. Even the PACC should be moved there also.
One of the reasons of this atmosphere of terrible inconvenience is because of the fear of acts of terrorism. A seperate colony for consulates, particularly for the British and the Americans ones should be built outside Karachi - so that they remain invisible and no one knows where they are, it would be safer and the inconvenience caused to the citizens of Karachi would come to an end.
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