How can a political party like the MQM invite martial law? This call is meant to settle scores with the PPP, which is covertly supporting political forces challenging the MQM. The MQM thinks that a section of the powerful establishment is also supporting the ANP against it. So it has given the message to the establishment that the MQM is a more valuable partner than others. Similarly, for the past few years, the MQM has been trying to extend its influence to interior Sindh and Punjab, but Sindhi landlords and Punjabi feudal lords and industrialists have been offering stiff resistance. So the calamity caused by the floods offered the MQM an opportunity both to attract Sindhi haris and hit back ...

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