Source: Asia Times:
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
BAJAUR AGENCY, Pakistan – “My sole motive is to serve my people, especially women who have had no role in politics so far. I feel we can make progress only by bringing in women into mainstream politics.” These are the words of Badam Zari, 40, who has filed her nomination papers with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Zari is contesting from the militancy-hit Bajaur Agency, one of the seven districts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) near the Afghanistan border.
I understand that the lady is illiterate. And I understand that many politicians in Pakistan are in trouble because of fake degrees. How can the lady stand for elections if she does not have a (fake) degree? Just wondering …
Now there is no requirement for degree. Previously it was and those being punished are on grounds providing fake degrees in the past thus having committed forgery and fraud. Some times illiterate proves better than dishonest literates.