Spy camera row mars Senate vote in Pakistan msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Govt-backed candidates bag top Senate slots in major shock to PDM
Sadiq Sanjrani re-elected as chairman with 48 votes while Mirza Afridi wins deputy chairman’s post by securing 54
In a major shock to the united opposition, the ruling PTI-backed candidates on Friday grabbed the top slots of Senate in the “controversial contest” marred by discovery of ‘spy cameras’ in the upper house of parliament.
Incumbent Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani was re-elected by defeating Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) hopeful Yousaf Raza Gilani. Ninety-eight senators exercised their right to vote, out of which seven votes were rejected. Sanjrani received 48 votes and Gilani 42.
Oath-taking marred as opposition protests ‘spy cameras’ found in Senate
Govt accuses opposition of installing cameras in the polling booth
The Senate session was marred by commotion on Friday as spy cameras were found by the opposition members above and inside the polling booth installed for the elections of the chairman and the deputy chairman of the Upper House.
Presiding Officer Senator Sayed Muzafar Hussain Shah ordered the electoral staff to make a new polling booth agreed upon by the government and the opposition members.
PPP s Mustafa Nawaz Khokar tweeted a picture saying that he and Musadik [Malik] found spy camera right over the polling booth.
Pakistan Senate election: Row over spy cameras in polling booth bbc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bbc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.