Waheeda Shah incident

Letter March 17, 2012
Waheeda Shah’s action of slapping a polling officer was an extremely serious one.

KARACHI: This is with reference to Amber Darr’s article “Only a slap?” (March 14). Waheeda Shah’s action of slapping a polling officer was an extremely serious one. Ms Shah’s action proves how elections and the entire voting system is rigged in the country, how ‘strong’ candidates force people to vote for them, and how feudalism will never allow democracy to work in Pakistan. What Ms Shah did, displayed the despicable mentality prevalent in our society. It is a cancer which is slowly eating us up from inside and weakening our roots. It is really crucial for our survival as a nation that people like Ms Shah are given exemplary punishment. In this regard I fully endorse the action that the Supreme Court took in this case.

Adeel Ahmed

Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2012.