The Split in Pakistan

Fighting; there never seems to be an end to it. Countries fight other countries, there is violence between continents, but the most devastating type of battle is between people in the same country.

As we note the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, internal violence is rampant in Karachi.

The city has 18 million people, and for the most part, they are either Mohajir or Pashtun. The Mohajirs have been in Pakistan for many generations, and they have economic stability, while the Pashtuns are people who fled from their native land in the northwest. Over the past four days, 100 people have died in the city of Karachi.

So the question is, what do you believe the true conflict to be?

History repeats itself, and there is never a straightforward answer.

Source: A July 19, 2011, Washington Post article, "Violence in Karachi Exposes Deep Divides," by Karin Brulliard.