KARACHI: This is with reference
to your editorial “Weak measures” (October 24). The last thing the parties want
is an all-powerful Election Commission, just as they do not want a powerful
person to head NAB. They want to ensure that the submission of returns is delayed
as much as possible and the checking of returns should take a very long time so
they can enjoy the perks and privileges of being lawmakers for all five years.
And if, by some miracle, the ECP does manage to find that returns contain false
information and takes any action, they can always get stay orders from the
courts to ensure that they are not affected.
Shakir Lakhani
Published in The Express
Tribune, October 26th, 2013.
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