A loud bang startled me, and my mind went to the war zone. This is what it sounds like when a bomb is dropped and countless living beings, mostly civilians are turned into a mess of minced meet and charred body parts. The smell of gunpowder which follows makes the air heavy, the images of the war zone,  the stench of the blood, the cries of children in pain, injured, dieing, crying in disbelieve that the colorful world they believed in could be so horrifying are added in by my wild imagination.

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One person was killed and dozens others injured in a series of five blasts that ripped through different areas of the busiest city of country on Monday.

Two explosions occurred here in Banaras area. One of the blasts happened in a pile of garbage while the other one at a footpath near Banaras chowk, injuring 16 people. They were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, sources said.
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A 5th bomb blast has just been reported in a matter of an hour. The first was reported at Banaras and the second at Qasba Colony. The third at Sharah-e-Noor Jehan. I could still the sirens blaring all around when a fourth was reported in Hyderi. Another just went off at Manghopir.

May Allah have mercy on us!! Amen

Updates: Another one reported in Pak Colony. One man killed.

A bomb blast has occured a short while go in Quaidabad. All news channels are reporting at least 6 dead and several injured. Express News has reported that the traffic on Sh-e-Faisal is experiencing severe delays because the police is trying to facilitate ambulance services. The Qayyumabad area has been cordoned off to contain any additional damage or disaster.

Our prayers for the people in the area, and more prayers for the city.

1. Rioters stormed rangers outpost in Saddar Area, 2 rioters shot dead as rangers instituted shoot-on-sight.
2. Bomb Blast reported at Gizri

Offices are being vacated as we speak. Be safe karachi!

Update: Petrol pumps and Banks have again closed down, following a brief period of activity this morning.

Update: Things returning to normal after the rumor about farooq sattars death was proved to be just that. Offices and banks have closed and streets bear the same deserted look of the last couple of days. Zamzama is closed down tight, but rangers patrolling the area have managed to bring things under control.

“We’ll bomb you to Stone Age” is what the Americans said. How stupid they were. They didn’t know we already have the expertise at home. So today our government has finally recognized that actually the Talibans were right which is a kind of victory for the Conservatives. Not only they have successfully taken over our thinking capsule but hopefully, soon no one would accuse them of Less respect for women, forcing their will on others, No regard for Human rights & burning CDs or AUDIO/VIDEO shops & all that Elite-Club fancy slogans because our gov. decided that its actually the right direction to proceed. They were continuously saying that women can’t handle freedom so lets put em inside, TV is for fahashi , burn the TV shops & music wont be allowed at any cost but we ignored them, calling them retards. How wrong we were !!!.

Heard this around eve on GEO today. Unsatisfied with the clampdown on Human Rights & Media, it has now banned any import of Dish Antenna, D-Receivers, decoders & related equipment & no one has any doubts why. Well, so PTV, the stone age channel one would immediately ban for churning out false information, lies & propaganda for a particular thinking is still roaming around free. This is a (NOT A) free world indeed. Lets (not) pray that the next target be Internet. Miles to go before sleep . . . . Start searching some underground methods to access websites before its too late.

Related:- SFN Blog [Original Image: Tivo]

Whereas there is visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and incidents of terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, IED explosions, rocket firing and bomb explosions and the banding together of some militant groups have taken such activities to an unprecedented level of violent intensity posing a grave threat to the life and property of the citizens of Pakistan.

Whereas there has also been a spate of attacks on state infrastructure and on law enforcement agencies;

Whereas some members of the judiciary are working at cross purposes with the executive and legislature in the fight against terrorism and extremism, thereby weakening the government and the nation’s resolve and diluting the efficacy of its actions to control this menace;
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IN LIGHT OF THE DEVELOPING EMERGENCY SITUATION IN PAKISTAN THE PROTEST HAS BEEN CALLED OFF

As you all were made aware in a previous post Citizens Campaign to Reclaim Karachi and later the Q and A that a group of concerned Karachiittes were actually feeling sick and tired of the deteriorating situation of our city, which has transformed itself from a hub of peaceful activities back in the hey days to now become a city of bomb blasts and gun totting terrorists.

The campaign has now planned a peaceful protest in front of the Karachi Press Club to show everyone that we as peace loving citizens of Karachi are willing to stand up and say NO to this reign of terror, simply said we want our peaceful city back.

It must be pointed out that this initiative is not about any political affiliation but we simply want to bring peace to this city of lights.

If you are also sick and tired of all what is happening to our city then get off your butt and join to us in this peace initiative

Location: Karachi Press Club
Time: 7:00 PM

Looks like quite a few questions have sprung up regarding the campaign. I’ll try to answer them here in this post.

Q: Is this campaign the brainchild of KMB authors?
A: No. T2f director, Sabeen Mahmud, came up with the idea soon after the October 18 bomb blasts. We at KMB are merely a part of the campaign, as are a whole load of other people, because we’re citizens of Karachi.

Q: Why have a campaign at all?
A: The masses need to be involved in the process of taking control of their own city. This is OUR city. It does not belong to so-called politicians who come to roost here occassionally.
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On October 21, 2007, Daily Times printed the following story:

Blogs explode with blast reaction

The October 18 bomb blasts on PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s welcome rally have already made it to Wikipedia, with updates and an active discussion underway on the article’s ‘talk’ page.

Within an hour of the bombs going off, the blasts were also reported on a number of blogs originating from the city, including Karachi MetroBlogs (http://karachi.metblogs.com ), Adil Najam’s Pakistaniat.com, and Dr Awab Alvi’s teeth.com.pk.

While the blogs provided an analysis of the incoming news reports, commentators grieved for the losses of life, and the degenerating law and order situation in Karachi. ‘Give us a break, and stop doing this to our country,’ was the most common response to posts put up about the blasts. Many quoted Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s couplets, and expressed solidarity with those who had suffered. More…

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