PTI candidate Hafeez Shaikh s Senate loss is Pak establishment s defeat: Senior journalist Hamid Mir
PTI candidate Hafeez Shaikh s Senate loss is Pak establishment s defeat: Senior journalist Hamid Mir
In a close vote, Pakistan s former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of the opposition Pakistan People s Party (PPP) defeated Shaikh, who currently serves as the country s finance minister, by 169 to 164 votes, with reports suggesting that nine members of the ruling party indulged in cross-voting ensuring a win for Gillani.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf s (PTI) Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. (File photo: Reuters)
While the Opposition parties of Pakistan have hailed the defeat of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf s (PTI) Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the Senate election for Islamabad seat as revenge by democracy , keen political observer and senior journalist Hamid Mir calls it a defeat of the Pakistani establishment (Pakistan military). Although there are others who believe that the establishmen
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan If PTI lawmakers feel I am incompetent, will sit in opposition : Imran Khan after Senate blow ANI | Updated: Mar 04, 2021 23:16 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): Addressing the nation after the Senate election blow, bewildered PakistanPrime MinisterImran Khan said he is willing to sit in the opposition if his party s lawmakers feel that he is incompetent .
He also gave a warning to the country s opposition that he will not spare anyone until they return the nation s money even if that meant losing the premiership. All members [of PTI], this is your democratic right. If you feel I am incompetent, I will sit in the opposition, the premier said while addressing the nation on Thursday.
The PDM is an 11-party alliance set up in September last year to topple the government of Khan which it alleged came after rigging of elections in 2018.
Pak PM pins blame on opposition, election body for Senate poll upset ANI | Updated: Mar 04, 2021 20:34 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): After a major upset in the recent Senate polls, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a bid to sway the public opinion, on Thursday raised questions over the performance and responsibility of the country s election body and pinned the blame on the opposition parties after losing Islamabad seat.
In a nationwide address, Imran Khan questioned the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) saying, Your (ECP) major responsibility was transparency (during Senate polls) but why did you ask for a close ballot.
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