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February 10, 2021
PESHAWAR: Taking notice of a video clip showing certain PTI lawmakers receiving wads of banknotes and stuffing them into bags during the March 2018 Senate election, Prime Minister Imran Khan removed Sultan Mohammad Khan as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs.
Sultan Mohammad Khan, hailing from Charsadda district, was later asked to submit his resignation. He penned down his resignation on a piece of paper, which Chief Minister Mahmood Khan promptly accepted.
In his resignation, the law minister said it was his moral duty and obligation after the surfacing of the video in which his name was mentioned to offer his resignation. Describing himself as a committed team member of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan s cabinet and follower of Prime Minister Imran Khan, he remarked it was an honour and privilege to serve in the cabinet.
Speaker Asad Qaiser distances himself from horse-trading video scandal
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Speaker Asad Qaiser says video has been shot at the Speaker House in Peshawar.
Former PTI MPA Mayar had confessed to taking bribe, said video had been shot at the National Assembly Speaker s House.
Such statements are an attempt to divert attention from the actual issue, says Qaiser.
Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Wednesday distanced himself from the horse-trading video that allegedly shows PTI MPAs receiving money to vote against their party in the Senate elections 2018.
Qaiser took to Twitter to say that the video had not been shot at his official residence, rather the place that can be seen in it is from the Speaker House in Peshawar.
Former PTI lawmaker Ubaid Ullah Mayar confesses to taking Rs10 million in bribe
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Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Former PTI lawmaker Ubaid Ullah Mayar has confessed to taking bribe worth Rs10 million after a scandalous video of PTI MPAs allegedly accepting bribe surfaced
Says he took the money on the directives of the then chief minister of KP, Pervez Khattak
Says provincial government had paid Rs10 million to all MPAs
After a scandalous video of PTI lawmakers allegedly receiving bribe before the Senate elections of 2018 went viral on social media on Tuesday, former PTI lawmaker Ubaid Ullah Mayar has confessed to taking bribe worth Rs10 million.
PM Imran Khan says selling of Senate votes in leaked video reflects destruction of nation s morality
Pakistan Tue, Feb 09, 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, referring to a leaked video allegedly showing PTI members accepting bribes prior to the 2018 Senate elections, said that it is reflective of the total destruction of the nation s morality . The videos showing the shameful way in which politicians buy and sell votes in Senate reflects the total destruction of the nation s morality by successive ruling elites as they drowned the nation in debt, he wrote.
He said this cycle of corruption and money laundering is a sordid tale of our political elite .