ISLAMABAD – A six-member committee will probe a matter related to hiddencameras found by opposition leaders in polling booth ahead of election forSenate chairman and deputy chairman slots on Friday.
Presiding officer Muzzafar Hussain Shah said that three members each fromOpposition and government will be part of the committee.
He has directed the both sides to submit name of their members to Senatesecretary.
Earlier today, Pakistani Senators and the leaders from both government andopposition leaders were surprised to discover “hidden” cameras in thepolling booth.
As the proceedings commenced, PPP’s Raza Rabbai made this “disturbingannouncement” that secret cameras had been installed at the polling booth.
“It is clear violation of Article 226 of the Constitution,” said RazaRabbani followed by the fellows’ slogans of “shame, shame”.
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Following the protest of the opposition leaders, the presiding officerissued directives for changing the polling booth. “A new polling boothshould be set up instead of the present one,” said the Presiding Officer.
Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar who is the PPP Senator had pointed out earlier thatPML-N Senator Musadiq Malik had found “secret cameras” in the polling booth.
The senators had shared apparent evidence on Twitter hours before theSenate was set to elect its new chairman and deputy chairman.
