ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister to immediately remove provincial law minister Sultan Mohammad Khan from the post on suspicion of horse-trading during Senate elections in 2018.
In a series of tweets, PM Imran said that the videos showing the shameful way in which politicians buy and sell votes in the Senate reflect the total destruction of the nation s morality by successive ruling elites as they drowned the nation in debt.
He said that they spend money to come into power and then use political power to make money to purchase bureaucrats, media and other decision-makers to consolidate their power and rob the nation’s wealth adding that then they launder looted money into offshore accounts and to purchase foreign assets and palatial residences abroad.
“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 and money laundering that is debilitating the nation”, the pm added.
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:
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 9, 2021
It may be recalled that a video of provincial law minister Sultan Mohammad taking money in exchange for votes in the 2018 Senate elections emerged. Sultan Muhammad was a member of the Qaumi Watan Party in 2018.
The news was confirmed by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Dr Shahbaz Gill through a tweet. Gill said that Prime Minister Imran Khan while deciding to take resignation from the Law Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, gave orders to Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in this regard adding that a detailed inquiry will be conducted and a report will be submitted.
وزیراعظم عمران خان کا KP کے وزیر قانون سے استعفی لینے کا فیصلہ۔ وزیراعظم نے وزیراعلی Kp کو احکامات دے دئیے۔ اس بات کی تفصیلی انکوائری کر کے رپورٹ پیش کی جائے گی۔
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) February 9, 2021
On the other hand, a video filmed around the time of the Senate elections 2018 started doing the rounds on social media, showing some of PTI MNAs allegedly taking money from former MPA of the PPP, Mohammad Ali Bacha.
