I wish to lodge a protest against violation of the no-smoking law in public places by some former ministers.
KARACHI: I wish to lodge a protest through this letter against the blatant violation of the no-smoking law, which clearly forbids smoking in public places, by some of our former ministers and politicians. I was shocked to see Sheikh Rashid, our former minister for railways and a man for all political parties, who has been elected to parliament six times, proudly puffing on a cigar in a talk show on a local private television channel.
If our leaders, ministers and senior politicians do not respect the laws of this land then they have no moral right to be leading us. I request all leading TV channels and senior anchors to ensure that their guests observe a certain code of conduct during talk shows and that this includes abiding by a code of no-smoking.
Hamid Maker
Published in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2011.
