 PESHAWAR: Candidates vying for nazim and naib nazim seats in various union councils of Mardan and Charsadda districts have reached an agreement on stopping women from voting.
| "Who knows who the crazy bitches are gonna vote for? Better we look out for their interests for them..." |
Four contesting candidates belonging to the Muttahida Group, Taraqi Pasand Group, Watan Dost Group and Tangi Awami Mahaz in Tangi Union Council, Charsadda district, have reached an agreement to keep women voters out of the local council elections schedule for August 18.
| "Now, you might call us primitive for doing that, but really we're... ummm... primitive." |
| Both evolution and intelligent design passed them by ... |
Mufti Gauhar Ali of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl-backed Muttahida Group told reporters on Monday that all four candidates had signed a written agreement, which had bound them not to allow women to vote. He said the candidates had agreed that the agreement’s violators would be fined Rs 500,000. He said the decision was made on the demands of the local people who wanted women out of the election process.
| "Yeah! Votin's fer men! Havin' a passle o' brats is fer wimmin!" |
In Sikandarey Purdilabad Union Council, Mardan district, the contesting candidates swore on the Quran to ban women from taking part in the election process. A meeting between area elders and candidates also decided not to allow women to vote. |