PPP calls shutterdown strike against Waheeda Shah’s disqualification

TANDO MOHAMMAD KHAN: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has called a shutterdown strike tomorrow (Thursday)in Tando Mohammad Khan to protest Election Commission’s slapping disqualification on Waheeda Shah for hitting female polling officers during PS-53 by-election, Geo News reported.

On February 25, Waheeda Shah had slapped Presiding Officer Habiba Memon and Assistant Presiding Officer Shagufta Memon in a polling station of PS-53 Tando Muhammad Khan in the presence of a DSP.

In a landmark verdict, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified Pakistan People's Party's candidate for two years and declared her election in PS-53 Tando Muhammad Khan null and void.