Waheeda Shah disqualified for 2 years

The Election Commission of Pakistan has disqualified Sindh politician Waheeda Shah from contesting election for two years for slapping election staff at a polling station in her constituency during recently held by-elections. The commission also nullified the result of the election for the PS-53 seat which Waheeda had won. The PPP candidate will not be able to contest any election till March 6, 2014, unless the Supreme Court already seized with the matter overturned the ECP’s decision taken by 3-2 majority. Waheeda was charged with slapping an election official during counting. The five-member bench split on regional basis with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC0 and another member disagreeing with the judgment. Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Hamid Ali Mirza and Roshan Ehsani, a member of the commission from Sindh, wrote notes of dissent.