Comedian and actor Tabish Hashmi wants Karachi’s management to be privatised and handed over to the citizens of this city. While analysing the Gul Plaza fire on a Geo talkshow, Report Card, an exasperated Hashmi said the city should be run as a unified power by communities residing in Karachi instead of the government.

“The way the government realised that they can’t run PIA and privatised it, please privatise Karachi the same way. We Karachiites, Pathan, Baloch, Sindhi, Muhajirs, all Punjabis that are here, we will buy Karachi together. If this is the criterion and standard of running Karachi, then we will do it. We might even run it better, because even despite trying, we won’t be able to do a worse job than this.”

Hashmi also asked Karachiites to look inwards and focus on doing their part first to keep the city intact, so that they truly have the liberty to blame the authorities when things go wrong.

“I also want to be introspective as a citizen of Karachi. […] There are houses built on stormwater drains. Why? Why have you made them? Expanding land into alleyways, who has done it? Citizens have done it. Why have you expanded them? Make them smaller! Remove your houses from these drains. Stop stealing electricity. Then ask questions with full liberty,” he said.