According to reports, the premier’s aide on political communication was also subjected to inking besides the two eggs that were hurled at him.
“This ink is of their kaalay kartut [misdeeds],” said Gill while reacting to the incident.
“Maryam [Nawaz], next time you do something like this, I will come to your house and wash my face there,” said Gill, adding: “We are Imran Khan’s followers, we will not take revenge. We will, instead, teach you values.”
He maintained that the government could react to the incident but it won’t stoop down to the perpetrators’ level.
لاہور ہائیکورٹ میں آج شہباز گِل کے چہرے پر سیاہی پھینکنے کے مناظر۔۔۔
Gill had earlier alleged that he has been informed that PML-N workers are planning an attack on him at LHC.
آج 2 بجے دوپہر لاہور ہائی کورٹ میں معزز عدالت کے سامنے پیش ہو رہا ہوں۔ صحافی دوستوں سے پتہ چلا کہ مسلم لیگ ن کے غنڈا گروپ نے میرے پر حملہ کرنے کی تیاری کر رکھی ہے۔ عمران خان کا سپاہی ہوں۔عدالت آؤں گا آپ سے ڈرنے والا نہیں۔ سیاست کرنے پر یقین رکھتے ہیں آپ کی طرح غنڈا گردی پر نہیں۔
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is all set to challenge the rejection of seven votes that were cast in favour of Yousaf Raza Gilani as per news reports. Sadiq Sanjrani bagged 48 votes in the election for the slot of Senate Chairman while Gilani bagged 42 votes. Seven votes cast in Gilani’s favour were rejected due to a technicality.
None of the rejected vote types displayed inside the Senate Hall show how 7 votes could be rejected. Only 2 types of vote stamps could be rejected.The stamps anywhere inside the box for a candidate were fine,even acc to Secretary Senate.He was “overruled” by presiding officer pic.twitter.com/oBZmzfo5lX
The seven votes that were rejected had stamps on the candidate’s name but were inside the box. Senator Farooq H Naek said that the presiding officer does not have the right to reject “our vote if it has been stamped inside the box and on the candidate’s name”. Presiding officer Muzaffar Hussain Shah explained why those votes were rejected.
It was pointed out that the written instructions in the Senate Hall were different from the reasons being given by the presiding officer.
یہ ایک ووٹ مسترد ہوا جو گیلانی کے لئے ہے۔ ساتھ والی تصویر میں الیکشن کمیشن کی طرف سے ہدایات بھی دیکھ لیجیے۔ کہیں نہیں بتایا کہ خانے میں نام کے اوپر مہر نہیں لگانی۔ pic.twitter.com/yQJqsqG85w
Former Secretary to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Geo News that the votes should have been valid and this decision can be challenged in the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, government senators say it was clearly stated in the Instruction Book how to vote and that these votes were wasted deliberately.
انسٹرکشن بک میں واضح طور پر لکھا ہوا تھا کہ امیدوار کے نام کے سامنے ٹھپہ لگائیں.. یہ کہیں نہیں لکھا ہوا کہ نام کے اوپر ٹھپہ لگائیں.. پی ڈی ایم کےارکان نےچیئرمین کےانتخاب میں جان بوجھ کر ووٹ ضائع کروایا، پی ٹی آئی سینیٹر محسن عزیز@NayaPakistanGeopic.twitter.com/le9G1613QT
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and head of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday alleged that his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif is being threatened by some elements in the establishment that if she doesn’t stop, they will “smash” her.
Besides Prime Minister Imran Khan, the PML-N chief also named three senior army generals.
پاکستان کے جمہوری نظام اور اخلاقیات کو پاؤں تلے روندتے ہوئے آپ اس حد تک گر چکے ہیں کہ پہلے آپ نے کراچی میں چادر اور چار دیواری کو پامال کیا، رات کے وقت مریم نواز کے ہوٹل کے کمرے کا دروازہ توڑا اور اب انہیں دھمکی دے رہے ہیں کہ اگر وه باز نہ آئیں تو انہیں SMASH کر دیا جائے گا۔ pic.twitter.com/TEjUS3xHI2
Senators Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Dr Musadik Malik of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) have stated that they found spy cameras in the polling booth in Senate on the day of the Senate Chairman election.
The opposition alliance has fielded Yousaf Raza Gilani as the joint candidate for Senate chairman while the government has fielded Sadiq Sanjrani.
Senator Khokhar and Dr Musadik, in a series of tweets, posted pictures of cameras they found.
Responding to these tweets, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said that those cameras were “in all likelihood CCTV” cameras and not spy cameras.
This is one example of Spy Camera the camera can be fitted in a head of nail even,detection of such cameras is impossible, in all likelihood CCTV Camera cable is misunderstood as spy camera pic.twitter.com/KPu8a2RCpA
— Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar (@mustafa_nawazk) March 12, 2021
A few minutes later, Senator Khokhar tweeted he found a similar screw that the minister had mentioned and thanked Chaudhry for the lead. In response to this, Fawad wished Senator Mustafa good luck.
Meanwhile, the government accused the opposition of planting those cameras.
Opposition’s sinister plan of cameras in polling booth exposed. The tactics used in senate elections in NA by opposition where they converted majority into minority using all criminal tactics. That’s why PDM opposed open ballot .Era of loot & plunder taking last breath.
Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar tweeted that credible sources in Senate staff have disclosed that Sadiq Sanjrani left the Senate building at 5:30am in the morning.
Credible sources in senate staff disclosing that Sadiq Sanjarani left the senate building 530 in the morning!
— Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar (@mustafa_nawazk) March 12, 2021
Fawad Chaudhry tweeted that Secretary Senate should form a committee to investigate the cameragate before Dr Musadik and Mustafa Nawaz destroy the entire wiring system in the Senate.
سیکرٹری سینٹ کیمروں پر کمیٹی بنا دیں اس سے پہلے کہ @DrMusadikMalik اور @Mustafa_PPP ساری وائرنگ کو کیمرے سمجھ کے اکھاڑ دیں ،
While those behind the installation of cameras are still unknown, it is worth mentioning that the elections for Senate chairman and deputy chairman are critical for both the government and opposition.
Later, in a press conference Senator Mustafa and Dr Malik, detailed the events that transpired in the Senate as they discovered the hidden cameras.
Islampura police on Wednesday registered a case against a senior leader of the PML-N for allegedly torturing and thrashing a lady police constable on the premises of an accountability court.
According to a local media outlet, the police nominated PML-N leader Tanvir Chaudhry in the first information report on the complaint of anti-riot force constable Anam Fatima.
She alleged the suspect tried to enter the premises of the accountability court along with five unknown women without seeking permission. As she and her colleague Sonia Ashraf tried to stop them, Tanvir Chaudhry got furious and slapped her.
The FIR stated that he and the unidentified women then thrashed her publicly, Anam alleged and added the attackers also hurled threats at her.
However, conflicting reports claim that the police arrested another PML-N MPA, namely Tanveer Bibi, for slapping the lady constable and registered a case against the lawmaker after approval from the Punjab Assembly speaker.
Meanwhile, a police official has confirmed to the media that the matter had been referred to the investigation wing for further action against the suspects.
Later, Tanvir Chaudhry’s son took to Twitter and said: “Incompetence at its peak! Punjab government lodging an FiR against my father who is not even in Pak[istan] & @Dawn_News, @dawn_com incompetence at its peak putting up wrong picture and writing an article on a man who’s not been in Pak[istan] for 6months.”
“Going for a defamation suit against both,” he added.
Incompetence at its peak!Punjab government lodging an FiR against my father who is not even in Pak & @Dawn_News@dawn_com incompetence at its peak putting up wrong picture and writing an article on a man who’s not been in pak for 6months. Going for a defamation suit against both. pic.twitter.com/KKwvTzfMWk
Yousaf Raza Gilani, who defeated Minister for Finance Hafeez Sheikh in the recent Senate polls, has been nominated by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as its joint candidate for Senate chairman. PDM decided this today in a meeting chaired by Maulana Fazlur Rehman. The elections for Senate chairman will be held on March 12 and will be done through secret balloting.
On the other hand, the government has announced the candidature of Sadiq Sanjrani as its nominee for Senate chairman.
Prime Minister Ìmrañ Khan has announced Sadiq Sanjrani for Senate Chairmanship.
After Gilani’s surprise win in the Senate, PM Khan sought a vote of confidence in the National Assembly andwon on Saturday. Needing the support of 172 MPs in the 342-seat House to retain its confidence, the prime minister secured 178 votes.
In August 2019, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani survived a no-confidence move tabled against him by the joint opposition. The opposition’s no-trust motion against Sanjrani failed to receive the 53 votes required for his removal even though at the start of the session, 64 senators had stood up in support of the motion.
Hina Butt has lashed out at Muhammad Hafeez for congratulating Prime Minister Imran Khan and calling his Vote of Confidence a “Masterstroke”.
Responding to Hafeez’s tweet the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Hina Butt said: “Pakistan was ridiculed in the world for not following corona SOPs and now you are supporting a vote thief.”
“It is better to play cricket with your mouth shut and do not comment on politics,” she added.
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Saturday won the crucial confidence vote in the National Assembly, hanging on to power after his finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Sheikh lost the high-stakes Senate seat election earlier in the week. After PM’s victory, many celebrities took to their social media tocongratulate him. Other celebrities who congratulated Khan included Waqar Younis, Gohar Rasheed, Haroon Shahid, Fahad Mirza, Shaan and Feroze Khan.
Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) protesters and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters engaged in a short brawl and shouted slogans against each other outside the Parliament in the red zone, the day Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan sought a vote of confidence in the National Assembly.
As per details, the law and order situation erupted as the parliament geared for PM Khan’s vote of confidence amid joint opposition’s boycott of the session.
PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal and Musadiq Malik were among the PML-N leaders present at the scene.
The incident reportedly occurred when PML-N leaders tried to address the media and PTI workers surrounded the PML-N leaders and a scuffle broke out. A large crowd has now gathered at D-Chowk and some political workers have entered the Parliament Lodges.
While many reports have suggested that PTI supporters instigated the violence, Focal Person to PM Imran on Digital Media Dr Arsalan Khalid and Focal Person to Chief Minister Punjab on Digital Punjab Azhar Mashwani have alleged that Abbasi and Malik attacked PTI supporters when they chanted slogans against PML-N.
Later, a large contingent of law enforcers arrived at the scene and managed to separate the political workers of the two parties.
The 30th NA session – on a single point agenda – will make it clear whether PM Imran commands the trust of the house and whether the lawmakers who allegedly ditched the ruling candidate on the general seat in the recently-held Senate election stick to their stand.
Speaking to the media while in the Parliament to cast his vote in the ongoing Senate polls, Sharif said: “Every member will vote as per his/her conscience…we hope that the Election Commission will ensure transparency in polls.”
When asked how hopeful he was of a [PDM] win, Sharif replied: “I am not a najoomi [fortune teller],” adding that the government’s incompetence is out there for the world to see.
Sharif, who is in custody, was released on production orders in order to cast his vote in the Senate Elections. He also presided over a parliamentary party meeting of the PML-N.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has approached the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to share the call record data of the 20 presiding officers who went ‘missing’ during the Daska by-polls inNA-75, The News has reported.
Last week, the ECP had announced that new elections in the entire constituency will be held in NA-75 (Daska) after its returning officeralleged irregularities during the by-polls in a report submitted to the commission. Government sources told The News that the PTA has asked the government whether to share the data with the ECP or not.
Speaking to The Current, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said that the ECP has all the right to secure phone data though it “should ask the IT Ministry and not PTA under rules of business”.
According to the story published in The News, the government may be uneasy about the phone data as it could reveal who had planned and supervised the Daska by-poll rigging. The phone records “will not only establish the whereabouts of these 20 presiding officers during the time when they were missing but will also uncover those they were in contact with”.
On February 22, Prime Minister Imran Khan had tweeted that as he had always struggled for fair and free elections, he would ask the PTI candidate in NA-75 to ask for re-polling in the 20 polling stations that had become controversial. But the ECP later called for new elections in the entire constituency.
Have always struggled for fair & free elections. So even though there is no legal compulsion to do so before ECP announces results, I would request our PTI candidate to ask for re-polling in the 20 polling stations Opposition is crying hoarse over in the Daska NA 75 bye- election
The PTI has now decided to challenge the ECP’s decision for re-polls.
پہلے دعویٰ کیا کہ الیکشن کمیشن کا فیصلہ قبول کریں گے کیونکہ ہم ان پارٹیوں کی طرح نہیں جو فیصلے نہ مانیں اور چیلنج کریں ۔ پھر کیوں چیلنج کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا؟ آج الیکشن کمیشن کو کوئی ثبوت اور پورے فارم 45کیوں نہیں دیے جیسا کہ آپ نے دعویٰ کیا تھا؟ سنیے
