National
February 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf former MPA Obaidullah Mayar rejected the allegations of selling his vote during the Senate elections. Speaking in Geo News programme ‘Aj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’, he said the video viral on the social media currently was made in 2018 when they were given money by the PTI for joining the party.
He said Pervaiz Khattak had distributed money for making the Qaumi Watan Party activists join the PTI. He said he was also promised a party ticket for general election and a ministerial slot after his election to the assembly. He said they were given money at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker’s house, and he did not know at that time that a video was being made. He said even he was asked to return money later on.
National
February 9, 2021
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accused 20 MPAs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of horse-trading in the 2018 Senate elections but could not prove allegations.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan had announced that cases against MPAs involved in corruption would be referred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) but not a single case against any MPA has been referred to the NAB.
Some former MPAs have filed a defamation suit against Prime Minister Imran Khan in various courts but the PTI has not submitted evidence or reply in any of the cases. Two petitions filed under the Defamation Ordinance 2002 are still pending. PM s lawyers are using various tactics to delay the case. The special jirga met former special assistant to the chief minister Arif Yousaf for an out-of-court settlement. The court dismissed the case after the reconciliation between both parties. Former MPAs Kurban Ali Khan, Zahid Durrani, Obaidullah Mayar and Yasin Khalil were also persuaded to reso