So it was not pillars of bridge that collapsed. Anyways for both pro / anti MQM: In a city the size of Karachi, even under the exemplary leadership of a mayor like Mustafa Kamal, mishaps will happen, people will make mistakes, there will still be corruption and somebody somewhere will screw up, that might be a govt official, a contractor, a supplier, an architect or an engineer. Even a process can be found to be faulty despite best efforts of the individuals involved. So MQM guys need not be overly defensive. We are citizens of Pakistan and CDGk is bound to screw up somehow somewhere, it’s the overall performance that counts. On the other hand the anti-MQM crowd may do well by not behaving like carnivores all set for ambush.

In this case there is clearly a lapse of safety standards being observed at the job site, which resulted in a needless loss of a precious life. The news report says:

The area SHO, Inspector Chaudhry Amir, told Dawn that a case (FIR 8/2009) was registered against the city government’s contractor under Sections 319 (qatl-i-khata committed by negligence), 337-A (1) (act with the intention of causing hurt), 337-H (2)(endangering human life or the personal safety of others by a rash or negligent act), and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs50 of above) on the complaint of the deceased’s son, Syed Kamal Hussain Shah.
The police said the city government had given the contract for the construction of the bridge at the Shah Faisal base to a contractor. They said the contractor had not taken the precautionary measures while installing the drill tripod at the site.The police said that one of the poles of the tripod was not properly anchored. They said that the ropes or chains were not tied to the tripod’s poles for its firm anchoring.
Meanwhile, sources said the CDGK had contacted the victims’ families to offer them compensation.

So the contractor is being booked, but I still feel that we have a long way to go as a nation to give due priority to observing safety standards and being safety conscious. This collective dare devil attitude results in god nows how many lives needlessly lost. Just count the bike riders wearing a helmet, our labourers work without the luxury of hart hats or shoes, our buildings are a death trap in case of fire or emergency. There is a term in civilised world known as "Workplace Safety Standards", less said the better

“the more we try to reconcile; try to forgive and forget and even change our policies to integrate – more assholes like MB comes up with his anti-Mohajir and anti-Karachi crap and we are forced to reconsider – I consider them as “enemy” …”

they started thrashing MQM without any proof, ironically the author of this post didn’t even try to check the fact and starts the blog with the title

"Pillars of bridge collapsed".

Sadly the anti MQM cronies who were trying to spit on the moon will wipe their faces from their own spit after reading what really happened.

The tripod that was installed by the workers working on the project suddenly collapsed and results in an accident.

No pillar of the bridge has been collapsed.(2)

Only two bridges have collapsed in Karachi in recent times,

One was at Shershah , Second was Railway bridge near Steel mill ( Due to blast) Why dont you mention them also, !

and Why stop here ! also mention if you or any of your friend’s house Contractors used substandard material,!!

What is this some kind of encyclopedic Competition going on around here?!

Quote MB
He mentioned Karsaz dude thats the bride i mentioned about.
In any case since i had seen it being repaired months within its construction i am damn sure the "HIGH STANDARD" applied in its construction.
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useless comment up there it carries no weight.

Soon they will left karachi singing

Baray Be Abroo ho ker teray kochai sai nikaly

:0)

@ srhasan

Yeh hi to hay bhai MQM dushmani

Jab correct report aa gaye kai pillars nahi girray tab bhi yeh post na to close ki gaye na remove kion kai yahan kai kuch logo ka pasandida mashghala hay MQM per kicher uchalna aur wo aisi fake posts bana ker yeh kaam ker rahay hain .

If the sensational value of a news trump everything, why not look at some urdu evening newspapers and report some of that too. I am sure there is more interesting news there. This is not "The Onion". This is KMB.

The proposed bridge was constructed by Pakistan Air Force and the blames lies squarely on them. GET OUT OF KARACHI