Alessandro Digaetano Photographer

After years of government of the Jamaat-e-Islami, MQM's Syed Mustafa Kemal was elected mayor of Karachi in 2005. Karachi Mayor Syed Mustafa Kamal, according the American Magazine Foreign Policy, has won the distinction of being the worlds second best Mayor for the year 2008, for his innovative urban planning among the others. The people seem to be very pleased for a number of projects that have improved the city. As some road tunnels that are able to reduce traffic saving two hours driving than before or the Command and Control System. The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) established the Command and Control System under the supervision of experts to monitor the situation of the city with the help of modern technology and cameras. Civic Center remains the icon of City Government, thousands of people visit the mayor's building every day, the picture of Altaf Hussain is everywhere. *** General Caption *** Muttahida Quami Movement, generally known as MQM , ("United National Movement" in English) is an progressive liberal secular centre left party in Pakistan (initially on quasi-socialist lines) founded on 11 June 1978 as a student organization of "muhajir" (immigrants), the All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization or APMSO, at the University of Karachi by Altaf Hussain who continues to remain its chief. Supposedly it represent the majority of immigrants who migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947. APMSO then gave birth to the Muhajir Quami Movement (MQM) on March 1984. From 1992 to 1994, the MQM was the target of the Pakistan Army's Operation Cleanup leaving hundreds of civilians dead. On July 26, 1997, MQM officially removed the term Muhajir from its name, and replaced it with Muttahida ("United"). In 1992, after the operation "Clean up", there was the split with key members of the party: the MQM-H or MQM Haqiqi, the "real" MQM, was born. Since then have not stopped the target killing from both sides. The target killing is getting intensified in Karachi with