KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senate candidate on seats reserved for women from Sindh, Palwasha Khan has provided the address of an empty government-owned plot ST-5, Block-3 of Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johar, as her voting address in the province on the nomination papers.
On a social media website Twitter, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Dr. Shahbaz Gill shared the image of the empty plot mentioned in Palwasha Khan’s nomination as her address in Karachi and blamed the provincial authorities for trying to conceal the details of the matter.
اطلاعات کے مطابق پی پی کی پلوشہ خان نے سینٹر بننے کے لئیے سندھ میں اپنا ووٹ ٹرانسفر کروایا۔جس ایڈریس پر کروایا وہ ایک سرکاری پلاٹ ہے جو کہ خالی ہے۔ سرکاری پلاٹ کے ایڈریس ووٹ ٹرانسفر نہیں ہوتا۔ اب ان کو بچانے کے لئیے ایک DG صاحب ہمارے MPA’s کو ریکارڈ مہیا نہیں کر رہے۔بہت بری بات
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) February 20, 2021
Another PTI lawmaker Arsalan Taj while terming her a fraudster shared the evidence against the PPP Senate candidate.
He said that the PPP Senate candidate Palwasha Khan got her vote registered at a government-owned plot, ST-5, Block-3 of Gulistan-Johar, Karachi.
“How can a vote gets registered at an empty plot for public building?” the lawmaker asked while announcing to make more revelations on PPP “jaal-saaz” (fraudster) candidates.
https://twitter.com/ArsalanGhumman/status/1363118586693353479
Later, speaking during a presser, Arsalan Taj said that Palwasha Khan even fooled the PPP, when she transferred her vote to Karachi in order to become a candidate from the province.
“The address mentioned in her nomination papers was an empty amenity plot and for getting a vote registered, it is necessary that there should be a housing facility there,” he said and asked if the PPP candidate was living in a shanty at the place.
Earlier,the Election Commission has asked authorities concerned to verify the data of candidates contesting the Senate elections, scheduled on March 3.
The electoral body had asked the Ministry of Interior, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to provide certain documentation for each candidate, so their eligibility and credibility can be ascertained.
According to details, ECP had asked NAB whether a candidate had ever been convicted or accused in any case. FBR has been asked about any tax evasion a candidate may have been involved in, while SBP had been asked if the candidate or any of their family members has defaulted in the past year.
