Daily Times

Sir: The Speaker Sindh Assembly, Agha Siraj Durrani, has suspended five security personnel including the chief security officer because of their failure to prevent wall-chalking inside the Sindh Assembly building. While talking to the media, the Speaker termed the graffiti a violation of the sanctity of the elected house. Mr. Durrani’s step is appreciable, but what about the marriage ceremony of Durrani’s close relative that took place in the premises of the Sindh Assembly building on November 3, 2013. Throwing every legal caution to the wind, dozens of police officials including the security officials of the Sindh Assembly were deployed to safeguard the ceremony. Was conducting a marriage ceremony inside the Sindh Assembly in line with preserving the sanctity of the house? Did not it violate the legislature’s honour? By following two separate laws for a similar purpose, preserving Sindh Assembly’s sanctity, the Speaker has in fact made a mockery of the august house. He has established the long held belief that rules are made to be broken and when broken by a lawmaker, all the better. This reminds one of Saint Augustine who once said, “An unjust law is no law at all.”

MURAD

Karachi