This fact that Karachi elected 14 MNAs and 22 MPAs of Imran Khan’s party in the 2018 national elections is of great significance in our political history. Even though Karachi falls in the specific domain of the provincial government, there is a feeling that the PTI – that is, the federal government – has not looked after a city that is its own constituency. This has turned out to be an unrequited love affair. On a separate level, too, so many of the well-off residents of the DHA and Clifton have suffered a setback in their support for Imran Khan and his party. But the flood that was raised by a day of heavy rains has inundated their lives in unexpected ways – and they are unable to readily buy their escape from this quagmire. Most of its residents lead a privileged life and can justifiably be classified as the elite. It would be hard to compute the wealth that circulates and proliferates in its real estate. Now, the DHA is in many ways another country they do things differently there. While urban flooding was inevitable, the havoc that this downpour caused in the expansive sectors of the upscale Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has added a new chapter in the annals of Karachi’s disaster-ridden history.
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