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February 18, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The federal government informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that people with bags full of currency notes are sitting in Islamabad, for buying votes of the parliamentarians for the upcoming elections to Upper House of the Parliament (Senate), while the apex court asked the electoral body to define the spirit of proportional representation.
A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Ijazul Ahsen resumed hearing into the presidential reference.
Attorney General Khalid Javed submitted that although the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in its fresh report stated that it had asked the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to see the transfer of money, but this time, the money would not be transferred from the SBP.
Corrupt practices in Senate polls: SC dissatisfied with ECP report
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Corrupt practices in Senate polls: SC expresses dissatisfaction with ECP report
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