PPP to form inquiry committee against Senate election defectors
Fact-finding committee will comprise of party leaders of all four provinces.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday decided to find the defectors who voted against the opposition in no-confidence motion against the Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani.
According to the sources, PPP has decided to set up an inquiry committee to investigate the matter whereas PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto approved the formation of inquiry committee.
Dunya News sources said that a fact finding committee, which will comprise party leaders of all four provinces, is being set up to investigate the matter whereas its notification will be issued by tomorrow.
PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar expressed that PPP was the only party whose all members handed over their resignation which is a very important decision. PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari asserted that 21 senators have handed over their resignations to him.
On August 1, Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said action would be taken against opposition senators who defied party policy and voted against a no-confidence motion that was moved by the opposition against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani.
He said some petty senators have stabbed their parties in the back adding that we will look into our party to see which of our members came under pressure or sold their conscience.
He further said that the opposition had "won even in defeat because we exposed these puppet senators and Senate chairman".
On this occasion leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Mian Shehbaz Sharif said that 14 votes of the opposition which were horse-traded today (August 1) have damaged the democracy but government has faced defeat in the court of public.
PML-N President asserted that opposition in the meeting has decided to expose the dishonest senators in front of the masses in next All Parties Conference.
The no-trust motion against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, tabled by Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Raja Zafarul Haq, was rejected.
50 votes were received in favour of the no-confidence motion while the opposition needed at least 53 votes for the resolution to be passed but fell just three votes short of victory.
