Prohibited bore arms.

Byline: Naeem Sadiq - Karachi

One looks up to a country's parliamentarians with respect and hope. Hope in their wisdom, their vision and their competence to guide a country towards peace, progress, equality and justice. It was, therefore, both astonishing and disappointing to see our Senate pass the following unanimous resolution on June 8.

'The house unanimously passed a resolution seeking issuance of prohibited bore arms licenses to all parliamentarians and grade-20 and above government officers.' (Dawn, June 9).

Did the Senate ever pass a unanimous resolution for prohibited bore weapons for all labourers, mechanics, postmen or clerks? No, they did this only for themselves and grade 20 and above officers. They unanimously chose to violate not just their conscience, but also Article 25 of the Constitution, which states categorically that, 'all citizens are equal before law.'

By 2011, invoking...