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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday rejected a plea by the ruling PTI to stop the issuance of notification of PPP Senator-elect Yousuf Raza Gilani s victory in the recent elections for the upper house of parliament. AFP/File
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday accepted for hearing a petition by the ruling PTI seeking disqualification of PPP Senator-elect Yousuf Raza Gilani, while directing that the names of two PTI lawmakers also be included as respondents.
The ECP decided to issue notices to the former prime minister and his son Ali Haider Gilani over a video in which Ali was seen telling PTI MNAs how to make a vote in the Senate election invalid by over-writing and ticking in front of the names of all candidates on the ballot paper and purportedly offered money and development funds.
ECP orders inclusion of PTI MPs in Ali Gilani video case
Justice Qureshi says can’t make only the one who offered bribe a party to case
ISLAMABAD:
The Election Commission of Pakistan has asked the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to nominate its own members in a petition seeking disqualification of senator-elect Yousuf Raza Gilani over his son Ali Haider Gilani’s video scandal.
On March 2, a day before the Senate elections, a video surfaced showing Ali Haider telling two PTI members of National Assembly about how to waste votes.
A four-member ECP bench, headed by Punjab member Justice (retd) Altaf Qureshi, heard the petition.
Danesh Kumar BAP (Minorities)
Polling continued until after 5pm in the KP Assembly, where the ECP allowed lawmakers already inside the legislature to cast their votes. Polling did not take place on Wednesday in Punjab where all Senate candidates were elected unopposed last month after disqualification or withdrawal of papers by other contestants.
Yousuf Gilani vs Hafeez Shaikh
While the ruling PTI’s numerical strength in the Senate was expected to almost double from the existing 14 seats, the hottest contest was expected between Gilani and Shaikh.
Opposition s Yousuf Raza Gilani meets PTI s Hafeez Shaikh in NA. Screengrab from PTV
Hours before polling commenced, the contest became even more controversial with the emergence of a video of Gilani s son, Ali Haider, explaining to certain lawmakers how to cancel their votes.
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