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Pakistan’s Economic Indicators Are On Positive Trajectory, Shibli Faraz

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Shibli Faraz Fawad Chaudhry

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has on Sunday (today) said that Pakistan’s economic condition is doing good despite the Coronavirus crisis.

While addressing a press conference alongside Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, Faraz said that all the economic condition of Pakistan is going much positive.

He emphasized the concerned authorities to control the ongoing rise in COVID-19 infections and also urged everyone to take all possible precautionary measures.

Shibli Faraz, while responding to a question, said that the PTI-led government is “committed to provide relief to the masses”.

On the other hand, Fawad Chaudhry said that the incumbent government will help Pakistan grow to its fullest and also backlashed the Opposition over its tactics in failing the country’s stability.

He said, “Giving statements against the country due to failure in the elections is condemnable.”

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s smart strategies to control the virus outbreak in Pakistan has been appreciated internationally, added Chaudhry.

Earlier, Shibli Faraz had said that the State Bank Of Pakistan (SBP’s) independence will help boost and improve the economic situation of Pakistan.

Faraz had added that the federal cabinet has planned to further empower the SBP while it has also given approval to the draft of SBP Amendment Bill 2021.

Backlashing the Opposition, the minister said that these corrupt elements make money illegally and then spend it, while, those who earn it through legal means will not do anything to harm the country’s reputation.

Shibli Faraz also said that the problems of this country would not have been solved in two and a half years while Prime Minister Imran Khan is still striving to change this approach.

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Ali Haider Gilani Video Scandal: Main Characters Confess To PM

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Ali Haider Gilani Video Scandal: Main Characters Confess To PM

The main characters of the video scandal related to buying and selling in the Senate elections met Prime Minister Imran Khan. In the meeting, MNAs Muhammad Jameel and Faheem Khan briefed the Prime Minister on the details and admitted that we were both in the leaked video. In an informal conversation with reporters in Parliament … Read more

Fawad Chaudhry demands ECP to disqualify Yousuf Raza Gilani from Senate Elections

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Ali Haider video scandal Fawad Chaudhry

The incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to file a reference against Yousuf Raza Gilani with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and demands him to be disqualified ahead of the Senate Elections 2021.

Addressing a presser today (Tuesday) outside the ECP, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said, “We were here to file a reference but the ECP was closed for the day. We will submit [the reference] in the morning.”

Referring to the viral video of Ali Haider Gilani ‘buying votes’, Chaudhry said, “I hope the Chief Election Commissioner will take notice of the video. This is why we were saying the Supreme Court decision gives the ECP the chance to play its role in making Senate elections transparent in Pakistan.”

“The SC gave a clear order to the ECP to make use of technology to eradicate horse-trading in Senate polls. It is highly unfortunate the Election Commission decided not to change the method this time,” he added.

The minister said the video “proves the ECP’s point of view wrong”.

He further added, “It can’t be that rigging, corruption, horse-trading and throwing money around be allowed this time but we will stop it the next time. This was a very weak argument and the video proves it.”

Earlier in a day, an alleged video of Ali Haider Gilani, a PDM candidate for Senate elections, is doing rounds all over social media ahead of the Senate polls 2021. The video caused a stir among all political parties. 

The video of Ali Haider Gilani, son of Yousuf Raza Gilani, was recorded a week back. It showed that he was talking about ‘buying votes’ from PTI MPA.

In the video, the accused was guiding the PTI assembly member on how to waste votes.

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PTI Leaders Call For Strict Action From ECP After Ali Haider’s Video Scandal

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Ali Haider Gilani video scandal

An alleged video of Ali Haider Gilani, a PDM candidate for Senate elections, is doing rounds all over social media ahead of the Senate Elections 2021. The video caused a stir among all political parties. 

The video of Ali Haider Gilani, son of Yousuf Raza Gilani, was recorded a week back. It showed that he was talking about ‘buying votes’ from PTI MPA.

In the video, the accused was guiding the PTI assembly member on how to waste votes.

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‘PTI To Take Action Against Lawmakers Involved In Horse-Trading’

However, in this regard, Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar has said that the party knows the PTI lawmakers who had met Ali Haider Gillani ahead of Senate polls.

Asad Umar added that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will take action against party lawmakers involved in alleged horse-trading ahead of Senate Elections 2021.

“Three PTI MNAs were seen in a video meeting with Ali Haider Ali Gillani. Action will be taken against all these lawmakers,” said the PTI leader.

Shahbaz Gill Urges The ECP To Take Notice Against Gilani

Shahbaz Gill, while addressing a press conference, lashed out at Yousuf Raza Gilani and said: “We all know how a necklace was stolen from a Turkish princess”.

“You saw how one of his children was also involved in the ephedrine scandal,” he added.

“This video of corruption has once again proven that Imran Khan was right when he said this mafia will never let a transparent Senate election take place,” Gill said.

He urged the ECP to take action against Gilani according to its Constitution.

Ali Haider Denies The Accusations

Ali Haider said that we have sought votes of conscience all our lives, we have never participated in buying and selling of votes, it is our right to seek votes from all members of the Assembly.

Referring to the video, Ali Haider Gilani further said that we were contacted by some PTI assembly members who said that they wanted to vote for Yousuf Raza Gilani instead of Hafeez Sheikh.

It should be noted that Ali Haider Gilani has been elected as a member of Punjab Assembly constituency PP-211 Multan One on a PPP ticket.

To curb buying and selling in the senate elections, the government enacted a presidential ordinance on open voting, which was challenged in the Supreme Court.

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‘How To Waste Votes’ Ali Haider Gilani Tells In A Leaked Video

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'How To Waste Votes' Ali Haider Gilani Tells In A Leaked Video

An alleged video of Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who is also PDM candidate for Senate elections, brewed a political storm in Pakistan. The video is a week old in which Ali Haider Gilani, son of Yousuf Raza Gilani, was talking about buying votes from PTI MPA. In … Read more

Senate Elections: PTI Lawmakers Beat Up Rebel Members In Sindh Assembly

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Senate Elections: PTI Lawmakers Beat Up Rebel Members In Sindh Assembly

The floor of the Sindh Assembly has turned into a WWE ring after PTI members attacked three parliamentarians for ‘rebelling’ ahead of the Senate elections. According to the details, the Sindh Assembly session was in progress when three rebel PTI members Karim Bakhsh Gabol, Shehryar Shar and Aslam Abro arrived in the House. Government members … Read more

“Govt will take all possible measures to ensure transparency in Senate polls”

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Asad Umar Shibli Faraz

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz held a joint press conference with Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar here on Tuesday (today).

Asad Umar says the government will take every possible measure, within the Constitution, to ensure transparency in the upcoming Senate elections and to end horse-trading in the polling process.

Regarding the stance of the Opposition towards the introduction of open-ballot voting in the Senate, he said that those who have been buying and selling votes in the past are the ones objecting to the move.

“It is no secret that buying and selling of votes have been a tradition in Senate elections,” he said, adding that the PTI came to power with the aim to eradicate corrupt practices from the country, such as the tradition of horse-trading in Senate elections.

“For the purpose, the government has tabled a Constitutional amendment in the National Assembly to hold Senate elections through an open-ballot voting system,” he said.

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Incumbent govt. determined to end corruption, money laundering: PM Imran

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PM Imran Twitter

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday reacted to a leaked video showing PTI lawmakers allegedly selling their votes in exchange for money handed out by a former MPA of the PPP saying, ‘buying and selling votes in Senate reflects the total destruction of the nation’s morality.

A video filmed around the time of the Senate elections 2018 started doing the rounds on social media earlier today which showed the massive rigging and horse trading.

Taking to Twitter, the premier wrote, “The videos showing the shameful way in which politicians buy & sell votes in Senate reflects the total destruction of the nation’s morality by successive ruling elites as they drowned the nation in debt. Cycle of corruption & money laundering is a sordid tale of our pol elite.”

He further blamed the “ruling elites” for coming into power and making money to purchase decision-makers, bureaucrats and the media to “consolidate their power and rob nation’s wealth.

He further added that they spend money to come to power and then use this political power to make money to purchase bureaucrats, media & other decision-makers to consolidate their power & rob nation’s wealth – money laundering it into offshore accounts, foreign assets and palatial residences abroad.

Pakistan Democratic Movement wanted to protect a “corruption-friendly” system, he added.

In another tweet, PM Imran wrote, “This is what the PDM cabal wants to now protect by supporting a corruption-friendly system. We are determined to stop this cycle of corruption & money laundering that is debilitating the nation.

It is pertinent to mention here that the video that surfaced on media today exposed the horse-trading during Senate elections in 2018 by PTI party lawmakers who could be seen as counting bundles of currencies and hiding it inside the bag.

The lawmakers had been ousted from the political party by the central leadership after holding a thorough investigation.

According to the report MPAs in Islamabad participated in the 2018 Senate elections with Rs 38 million. Whereas six PTI MPAs in Peshawar participated in horse trading by taking Rs 40 Million for each vote in the Senate Elections 2018.

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