ISLAMABAD: Governor Sindh Imran Ismail announced that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) would investigate the matter of 16 members of the National Assembly (MNAs) who voted for the Opposition candidate, Yousuf Raza Gilani, in the Senate polls.
Talking to journalists in Islamabad today (Saturday), Governor Sindh said, “The party would investigate into the Senate vote. Everything would become clear who those 16 lawmakers are?”
“Everyone knows what happened in Hafeez Sheikh’s case,” the senior PTI leader said. Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani of the Pakistan Democratic Movement bagged 169 votes against 164 of the government’s candidate Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.
Referring to vote of confidence, Imran Ismail pointed out that Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted to show that the National Assembly has trust in him and he took the step (of seeking the vote of confidence) on his own.
A day earlier, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry asserted that the ruling party did not know the names of parliamentarians who voted for Gilani against the party line.
Talking to a private news channel, he said, “The prime minister did not talk about not proceeding against those 16 members who were found guilty. If Ali Zaidi has given any names to the prime minister, then I do not know.”
“We have no proof who took money for vote. Our woman candidate got 174 votes, while five votes were rejected, and these are our total numbers,” he added.
