Assistant Presiding Officer Habiba Memon, who was slapped by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) by-election candidate Waheeda Shah Bukhari, on Saturday announced to pardon her aggressor. The Supreme Court on Friday had refused to accept an unconditional apology from Waheeda while hearing a suo motu notice of the incident. The court had also criticised the Election Commission and the Sindh police chief for their failure to act promptly against the PPP candidate. Memon submitted her written statement before the Election Commission, saying she had decided to pardon Ms Shah. Talking to reporters, Memon said the PPP candidate had visited her house to offer an apology, upon which she decided to forgive her. Memon said that she was under no pressure to accept the apology, and had not been offered anything in return.