Plate speaks, system quiet!

By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD: Only in a country where number plates go unchecked and number-plate-worthy egos go unchecked. A man mods his exhaust, tints his lights, and slaps ‘MISOGYNIST’ on the back of his car — and not a single traffic cop blinks. Says less about the car and more about a society where flexing contempt for women is treated as a personality trait instead of a red flag. Impunity isn’t just about who gets away with crimes — it’s about who gets to drive around broadcasting how little they think of half the population, without a single consequence. Forget the exhaust note — the real noise pollution here is a grown man announcing his personality flaw in reflective yellow lettering, because apparently that’s peak confidence in this country.