While police in this country do have a bad rap, let’s cut them some slack. Sometimes they have to face aggression from rich, privileged brats who believe that ‘money is above the law.‘ This is a real problem in Pakistan, with influential folks using their status to bully police. Now we have a woman whose video has gone viral for this exact reason.
Here’s what happened
A woman broke the signal at Khayaban-e-Hafiz in Defence, Karachi. When the Traffic Police tried to hand her a ticket, she started abusing them. Even when they pulled out their phones to capture video evidence the woman kept abusing the officers in a brazen manner.
https://twitter.com/ShamaJunejo/status/1199264383030968325
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She openly boasted of her ability to pull connections and evade the law (for a petty traffic ticket really?).
Thanks to the footage, the authorities know that the woman’s license plate number is registered in Sindh.
https://twitter.com/Ammar_AliKhan/status/1199339447327674379
The woman’s behavior is a blatant example of how the privileged class evades the law, even going so far as to assault law enforcement officers.
There are various videos of the woman making rounds on the Internet.
https://twitter.com/ShamaJunejo/status/1199295455236104197
There is a lot of public outrage on the issue, calling for the woman to be held accountable.
https://twitter.com/IK1242/status/1199316476584497153
https://twitter.com/DanialKn2/status/1199325499706761216
Netizens even did some digging and pulled up the vehicle’s registration details. This should help speed up the process of accountability.
https://twitter.com/Ahmed_moosa1/status/1199302336151248903
This led to some other revelations.
https://twitter.com/ShamaJunejo/status/1199307858426368006
https://twitter.com/MuzzImran/status/1199325642896134146
Rather than acknowledge that the problem is an attitude of ‘money above the law‘, some people turned this into a gendered debate.
https://twitter.com/MustafaBaloch_/status/1199309812175179777
https://twitter.com/NaeemIsmeel/status/1199570877265911809
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One man had to explain how this is a societal issue. No one should be above the law. That would mean civil security is a sham.
https://twitter.com/PAKchattha/status/1199402162545201153
Don’t you see in various instances that money is above the law here in 🇵🇰? They just pretend that there is no powerful above the law.
— Essa (@essaullahkhan) November 26, 2019
Then there were voices that just brushed it off and defended the woman. So basically it happens all the time so it’s not a bad thing anymore?
https://twitter.com/ukdon2014/status/1199321695259123712
There has to be respect for the rule of law. And it should be equal for all.
