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March 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former chairman Senate Farooq H Naek on Tuesday said the PPP application for certified copies of documents related to chairman Senate elections is pending with the Senate Secretariat which is closed until Wednesday. As soon as the same are obtained, they would knock at the court doors to obtain their lawful right by ensuring that Senator Yusuf Raza Gilani is declared elected as chairman Senate.
Senator Naek feared tampering with the record of the election of chairman Senate and said that due to “our stance against the Senate Secretariat, we gravely apprehend tampering with key evidence which shows unjust treatment meted out to Gillani as well as his voters and would like to bring our apprehension on record”.
PPP move to challenge Senate poll in doldrums
Opposition party seeks certified copies from upper house
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a press conference in Islamabad. PHOTO: TWITTER/@fkkundi
ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Peoples Party’s bid to challenge the election of Senate chairman in a high court has been marred by procrastination, waiting for the certified copies of the result from the upper house secretariat.
After the March 12’s Senate shock, the PPP had decided to mount a legal challenge against the rejection of seven vital votes polled during the election to the office of Senate chairman. It has put together a team comprising three former Senate chairmen and a former governor of Punjab that was expected to file a petition on the matter before a high court this week, as per media reports.
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