Yousaf Raza Gillani requests ECP to dismiss disqualification pleas against him
Last updated on: 05 April,2021 12:53 pm
Yousaf Raza Gillani requests ECP to dismiss disqualification pleas against him
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) member and Opposition Leader in Senate Yousaf Raza Gillani on Monday has requested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to dismiss disqualification pleas against him. The PPP leader has asked the commission to declare the petitions against him as inadmissible as the allegations leveled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government are baseless and non-serious.
He further called Parliamentary Leader for Railways Farrukh Habib and Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari as habitual claimants. The case was filed on unauthentic videos, he adopted the stance.
Previously, notices were issued to Yousaf Raza Gillani, his son Ali Haider Gillani and other parties regarding the leaked video. ECP had rejected the plea of PTI to stop the notification of Yousaf Raza Gillani’s victory in the Senate elections.
Maleeka Ali Bukhari read the transcript of former premier’s son Ali Haider Gillani’s leaked video and claimed that the procedure of wasting the vote was being taught in the clip. The ECP Punjab member asked why the MNAs met Ali Haider Gillani when they clearly knew about horse trading trend in the elections over which, PTI lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar told that the video was recorded to expose the corrupt elements in politics.
It is to be mentioned here that Yousaf Raza Gillani had defeated PTI candidate Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in an upset victory in the Senate elections. The contest between Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Yousaf Raza Gillani was being described as the most critical contest among the opposition and the government. Yousaf Raza Gillani secured 169 votes while Abdul Hafeez Shaikh grabbed 164 votes. A total of 7 votes were rejected by the ECP.