A woman candidate from Sindh feudal family had publicly insulted the female polling officer on a petty issue demonstrating her contempt to the process of democratic elections. On the report from the Returning Officer, the Election Commission had withheld the notification of her election as MPA. At the same time, a criminal case had been registered against her as the TV camera showns the footage of the slapping on face to two ladies, including an official of the polling staff.
Waheeda Shah, the accused lady and one of the contestants was behaving in an arrogant manner while insulting the polling officer at the polling booth in Tando Mohammad Khan. The brave lady knowing that she belongs to a ruling family of Sindh forced and brought one of the masked women claiming that she was the lady with whom she had developed some ‘misunderstanding’. The lady refused to remove the mask and insisted that she had forgiven Waheeda Shah, the feudal lady contesting elections. It was presumed that the poor victim would be transferred to a remote village as punishment if she filed complaint against her. It is a case where the judiciary should take suo motu notice and punish the feudal lady for her arrogant behavior and insult to the polling officer. The election Commission and the superior courts should ensure that waheeda Shah is disqualified for her entire life so that another feudal lord should not dare to insult the polling staff in coming elections and all the candidates, including from the ruling families, should submit to the laws of the land and respect election and polling laws in letter and spirit.
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