Crying foul

Letter April 15, 2015
It is about time that our politicians learnt from past mistakes and showed maturity by letting the commission work

ISLAMABAD: The losers had never accepted defeat in the 2013 general elections and the winners glorified their success not on the basis of performance but on the notion of self-righteousness. However, it was only the PTI chairman, who remained consistent in his demand for formation of a judicial commission to probe the alleged rigging in the elections. Now when the commission has been formed, instead of cooperating with the judicial commission, all politicians, including those from the ruling party, are indulging in hurling slanders and mudslinging to malign one another on the electronic media. It is about time that our politicians learnt from past mistakes and showed maturity by letting the commission work. The judicial commission ought to ask all the political parties as well as the media to refrain from discussing the topic and issuing irresponsible statement about this sensitive issue under investigation.

Raja Shafaatullah

Published in The Express Tribune, April 15th,  2015.

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