The Pakistani Spectator

So when is the birthday of Farooq Sittar bhai, Haider Abbas Rizvi bhai, Ishrat bhai, Mustafa Kamala bhai and other bhais? That is the question patients in Karachi hospitals are asking from the convoys of the MQM delegates, who were there to distribute sweets, flowers, and fruits on the 56th birth anniversary of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain. These patients were mostly who became victim of some mobile snatcher, vehicle snatcher, robber or just the bhai round the corner.

So we have also seen the celebrations upon the birthday of cute little Afzaa Altaf and that makes sense and looks good. But celebrating the birthday of the Altaf baba with cakes, candles and all that fanfare seems grossly incongruous, especially when the man is convicted of murders, roberies and all kinds of crimes.

Well Karachiites give gifts to the dada round the year in the forms of bhattas and kickbacks. For them everyday of the Pir of London is birthday in England.