Past practice to be followed in today’s Senate polls, says ECP
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday said due to time constraints, the Senate election today (Wednesday) will be conducted “as per past practice” prescribed in the Constitution and law.
The commission decided this in a meeting presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. ECP members Justice (retd) Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi, Justice (retd) Irshad Qasir, Shah Muhammad Jatoi and Nisar Ahmed Durrani attended the meeting.
The decision came a day after the Supreme Court gave its opinion on a presidential reference requesting its perspective on whether or not open balloting could be held in today’s election. The court ruled that the Senate elections will be held via secret ballot according to Article 226 of the Constitution. It also suggested the ECP make use of technology to prevent corrupt practices.
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The MPAs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf hopped on the pawri trend Wednesday after posting a video with MPA Karim Buksh Gabol, who was attacked in the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday.
The Sindh Assembly descended into chaos after PTI MPAs attacked three parliamentarians for switching sides before the Senate elections. Aslam Abro, Shehryar Shar, and Karim Baksh Gabol, came to the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday and marked their attendance. The three reportedly said that they will vote according to their conscience during the Senate elections.
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Video: Sharmila Farooqi runs to call security to save MPA from beating
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PPP leader Sharmila Farooqi runs across Sindh Assembly to call security. Photo: Twitter
KARACHI: A video of PPP leader Sharmila Farooqi started doing the rounds on Tuesday in which she can be seen running across the assembly as several Sindh MPAs exchanged blows.
Members of the ruling PTI thrashed their own MPAs Aslam Abro, Shehryar Shar and Karim Bakhsh Gabol, who had announced a few earlier that they would not vote for the PTI candidates.
Sharmila took to Twitter to say that she was unhurt during the scuffle but ran to call security to save an MPA from a severe thrashing.