Karachi) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday rejectedPTI’s petition seeking to block notification about Yousuf Raza Gilani’svictory in the Senate election, local media reported.
A four-member committee of the ECP reserved its verdict today after hearingarguments from the ruling party.
The PTI had submitted a petition through its lawmakers Farrukh Habib,Maleeka Bokhari and Kanwal Shauzab seeking disqualification ofsenator-elect Yousuf Raza Gilani.
The petition filed on the basis of a leaked audio clip of Sindh MinisterNasir Hussain Shah purportedly bargaining with four PTI lawmakers for theirvotes in Senate elections and a video of Gilani’s son Ali Haider in whichhe is showing some PTI MNAs techniques how to waste their votes.
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Earlier, after a nail biting contest, Pakistan Peoples Party CandidateYousuf Raza Gilani won the Senate seat from Islamabad, defeating PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf’s Hafeez Sheikh.
Gilani secured 169 votes, while his opponent Sheikh got 164 Senate votes.However, PTI still managed to claim majority in Senate by securing 18 seatsfollowed by PPP with eight votes.
