Waheeda Shah suo moto: hearing underway

ISLAMABAD: The hearing of suo moto notice of an incident wherein Waheeda Shah, the Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) candidate, slapped an assistant presiding officer has begun at the Supreme Court (SC), Geo News reported.

The PPP candidate slapped an official at a polling station during the by-polls held in Tando Mohammad Khan, Sindh.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while taking notice of the incident, has summoned Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sindh, Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Waheeda Shah, the PPP candidate, on March 2.

The Election Commission of Pakistan had earlier withheld the result of by-election for PS-53, the constituency where the incident took place. A case had also been registered against Shah on the directives of the Election Commission.