Senator Faisal Subzwari of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) stated on Tuesday that if people in the port city continue to be slain amid an increase in violent crime in Karachi, his party will leave the federal government.
The MQM-P senator lamented the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)'s 15-year control in the province, saying that if such deaths were occurring elsewhere, calls for an operation would have been made.
"If our people continue to be killed, we will leave the government," he told journalists in Karachi.
Karachi has been besieged by violent crime, with hundreds of residents dying at the hands of criminals in recent weeks.
Many people have been killed while combating thefts and snatchings, especially during Ramadan, when criminals appear to have been turned wild.
Between January and March, at least 50 people perished as a result of street crimes. Meanwhile, six thieves have been killed in 75 police responses, and 93 suspected have been detained with injuries.
Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar, on the other hand, described crime as "part of a daily life" and said that the rising status of crime in Karachi is being "exaggerated" in local media.
Contrary to his claims, the Sindh cabinet was informed at its first meeting on March 13 that approximately 16,000 street crimes had been reported in the city of Karachi since January of this year.
The senator addressed Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, saying, "The interior minister should come to Karachi and sit with our representatives."