'Zinda Hai BB'

(The slogan -Benazir is alive "“ puts mortals above the law)

By a citizen of Karachi

The Karachi Motor Vehicle Department and the Karachi Police must be 'complemented' for introducing the creative new number plate system for the new breed of lawless brats.  These number plates simply read  "Zinda Hai BB".

I had the misfortune of standing next to one such   truck size black colour land Cruiser with "Zinda Hai BB" number plate, at 6:45 PM on July 9 at the Defence -Korangi Road intersection.  Fortunately this closeness lasted for only a few fleeting moments, as the  "Zinda hai BB" with tinted glasses and a large PPP flag broke the traffic light and sped away, leaving the remaining vehicles feel rather stupid for unnecessarily waiting for the red light to change colours.

  As the light turned green, I went up to the traffic policeman on duty and asked him as to why had he not even attempted   to stop the black Land Cruiser which had an illegal number plate, illegal black windows and illegal traffic behaviour.   His response in Urdu was brief, spontaneous and immensely sad.  "Sir, I do not wish to make my children orphans by stopping a PPP car."

This incident, however small is a reflection of the bigger predicament of Pakistan - its rulers are lawless, its police helpless and its judges PCOed.

Can we ask the recycled CM of Sindh and the IG Police to trace out this vehicle and present its driver before a non-PCO judge - to do the needful?