*ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday rejectedPTI pleas seeking disqualification of former prime minister Yousaf RazaGillani over a video scandal of his son Ali Haider Gillani. *
The ECP announced its verdict reserved on Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI)pleas on April 5.
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar SultanRaja, heard the disqualification case against Yousaf Raza Gillani over avideo scandal of his son.
The ECP in its verdict ruled that the election body had found no evidenceof corruption against the former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in videoscandal case link.*The case*
PTI leaders Farrukh Habib, Maleeka Bokhari, Aliya Hamza Malik and KanwalShauzab moved the electoral body against the two Gillani’s, last March.
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Gillani, the joint opposition candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) andPakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), defeated the then Finance Minister DrAbdul Hafeez Shaikh on Islamabad’s general seat in last year’s March 3Senate election.
Yousaf Raza Gillani secured 169 votes while Shaikh got 164 votes and sevenvotes were rejected out of total 340 votes cast. PTI-led ruling coalitionthen had 180 seats compared to 160 seats of opposition in 342-seat NA.
A night before the Senate electionslink,a video of Gillani’s son, Ali, wherein he was seen allegedly buying votesin favour of his father, went viral.
