Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Asma Jahangir on Thursday defended Waheeda Shah, PPP leader who slapped a female polling staff member in Tando Muhammad Khan, saying she had been handed out a “harsh and wrong” punishment by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as “she was a woman and the media gave the issue unnatural hype”.
Addressing a seminar organised by the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) in connection with the International Day for Women, Asma said if there was a male candidate instead of Wahida, he would not have faced punishment at all. The ECP slapped Wahida with disqualification and a two-year ban on contesting elections on Wednesday. The Supreme Court had also taken a suo motu notice of Wahida’s aggression and expressed its anger at Sindh police chief and the Election Commission for failing to promptly act against the PPP leader. However, Asma called the ECP’s decision “harsh and wrong” because it had punished a woman.
She said that gender discrimination was evident from the fact that many candidates and their supporters did not allow women to cast votes, and resorted to aerial firing to intimidate opponents but “no one was punished because they were all males”. Asma said “nobody in Pakistan” wanted to give women their rights. She advised women to stand up for their rights. The seminar was attended by a large number of lady lawyers, vowing to bring the change for themselves.
I am amazed at asma. Is she for real? How can she talk about women's right when she is defending a woman who took the right of dignity away from another woman by slapping her in public. Just because men may have been doing the same thing does not give waheeda shah the right to slap "anyone". Two wrongs don't make a right. asma is a hypocrite and a confirmed CIA agent. she should crawl back in the hole that she came out of. Shame on asma.
Kamran how much did ISI pay you to write this?
If Kamran is getting 10 Rs, ISI must be requiring 10 Bn for Bn of supporters of Kamran's point of view, do you think it is economical for ISI?
You HYPOCRITE!
I would have liked to know if Asma would call the ECP’s decision ‘harsh and wrong’ if the slap was received by your daughter and mother instead of those respected ladies who were actually serving the national cause there.
I honestly believe that Asma is a SHAME LESS CREATURE.
P.S: Asma, kindly let the world know how much money you take to sell your ethic, moralities, believes and above all national interest!
Surely Ms Asma has been misquoted.
asma jahangir is not a good lady. she is biased woman.
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