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Three lawmakers from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had announced they would not be voting for PTI candidates in the Senate elections after they were neglected while tickets were awarded for the polls.
Pakistan s Sindh Assembly descended into chaos on Tuesday after lawmakers from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) attacked three others for allegedly switching sides to the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ahead of Senate elections on Wednesday.
The members of provincial assembly (MPAs) Karim Bux Gabol, Shaharyar Khan Shar, and Muhammad Aslam Abro had announced they would not be voting for PTI candidates in the Senate elections, claiming they were neglected while tickets were awarded for the polls.
Pakistan's Sindh Assembly descended into chaos on Tuesday after lawmakers from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) attacked three others for allegedly ''switching sides'' to the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ahead of Senate elections on Wednesday.
The members of provincial assembly (MPAs) Karim Bux Gabol, Shaharyar Khan Shar, and Muhammad Aslam Abro had announced they would not be voting for PTI candidates in the Senate elections, claiming they were neglected while tickets were awarded for the polls.
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Pakistan Senate elections to be held through secret ballot amid controversy over corruption fears
The court stated that elections of the upper house of Parliament are held under article 226 of the Constitution of Pakistan, which upholds the secrecy of ballot.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan s top court on Monday ruled that the Senate elections on Wednesday would be held through a secret ballot, amid a raging controversy among the government and Opposition parties about allowing an open vote to avoid corruption.
The five-member bench of the Supreme Court issued the 4-1 verdict on the presidential reference filed in December last year about holding the election of the upper house through an open ballot to avoid use of money in the polls.
Pakistan Supreme Court has ruled that elections to the Senate be held via secret ballot
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1 Senate polls through secret ballot, Supreme Court rules The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday opined that the Senate polls can not be held through an open ballot.
According to legal experts, the presidential ordinance which was issued to hold open ballot died after the SC order as it was conditional to the top court’s order.