Gilani seeks MQM support for Senate chairman, dy chairman election
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March 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, along with PPP delegation on Saturday, held meeting with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), seeking the support in the election for the Senate chairman and deputy chairman. The PPP delegation comprised of Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Syed Naveed Qamar, and Provincial Minister Saeed Ghani held meeting with MQM-Parliamentary leader in the National Assembly Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui to get the support for the PDM in the Senate elections. Talking to the newsmen after the meeting, Yusuf Raza Gilani said, “We had come here to seek the support for the PDM in the election for the Senate chairman and deputy chairman. We had a working relationship with the MQM in the past and made a request to them to support the PDM,” he said. He said the PDM would hold its meeting to decide its nominees for the slot of Senate chairman and deputy cha
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, along with PPP delegation on Saturday, held meeting with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan , seeking the support in the election for the.
ECP to hear petition against Ali Gilani on 11th
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March 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday fixed for hearing a petition filed by PTI MNAs Farrukh Habib and Kanwal Shozab against Ali Haider Gilani, son of PPP leader and Senator-elect Yusuf Raza Gilani, in the video case on March 11.
A five-member bench of the Election Commission will hear the petition. The PTI alleges that Haider was involved in sale and purchase of conscience of MNAs for his father’s election.
The ECP also set for hearing a petition against PTI for alleged corruption in the Senate elections and giving money to women members. It will also hear a petition on March 11 filed by PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bukhari. It may be recalled that on March 2, a day before the Senate elections, the alleged video of Ali Haider Gilani went viral in which he allegedly tells a PTI MNA how to waste ballot papers.
Gilani seeks MQM s support for upcoming Senate chairman polls
Pakistan
Sat, Mar 06, 2021
PPP delegation led by Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, and comprising Naveed Qamar, Nayyar Bukhari and Saeed Ghani met with MQM parliamentary leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, on March 6. 2021. Photo courtesy Kasim Gilani
PPP stalwart and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani visited an MQM delegation in Islamabad on Saturday with a view to secure the party s support in the upcoming Senate chairman election.
Gilani will likely be standing for the election due on March 12 on behalf of the opposition. The election of deputy chairman will also take place that day.
Sanjrani meets Gilani, congratulates him on win
National
March 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Senator-elect from Islamabad Yusuf Raza Gilani Thursday said Prime Minister Imran Khanâs move to get a fresh confidence vote from the National Assembly was confession of disorder in his ranks.
âIf remaining in power does not matter for Imran Khan, then why he is getting the vote of confidence just to save his government?â he remarked in his reaction to Imranâs speech on the state TV. Gilani said instead of criticizing his character, Imran should first look at his own deeds.
He said the prime minister was calling his own party members as thieves. âImran Khan used all state resources for ensuring the win of Dr Hafeez Sheikh but the Members of the National Assembly did not sell their conscience,â he said. Meanwhile, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani Wednesday night met Yusuf Raza Gilani to congratulate him for winning the Senate election from Isla