Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) senior leaders Nasir Hussain Shah and Ali Haider Gilani are under ‘spotlight after a leaked audio emerged of the two discussing how a vote can be ‘wasted’ in the senate elections.
As per details, a leaked audio clip has emerged of Sindh Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah MPA Ali Haider Gilani (son of former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani) discussing on how to ‘waste’ a vote in senate elections.
The two senior PPP leaders are facing accusations of ‘buying’ votes of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members by ‘hook or crook’.
The audio clip purportedly involves Ali Haider Gilani saying that he has been asked by Nasir Hussain Shah to negotiate and bring down the ‘demands’ of PTI MPs who are willing to trade their vote in favour of opposition.
The leaked clip also mentions certain uplift ‘projects’ amounting to Rs 100 million.
Meanwhile the voice attributed to Nasir Hussain Shah is reassuring certain four individuals that they will be ‘taken care of’.
It is to be noted that senate elections are being closely contested between PTI, its allies and opposition parties to take control of the upper house.
Ali Haider Gilani’s father and ex-PM Yousuf Raza Gilani is also contesting in the senate election and is up against PTI’s Abdul Hafeez Sheikh.
The development comes as earlier, Ali Haider Gilani’s video was leaked purportedly showing him explaining to PTI leaders how to ‘waste’ their vote in senate elections.
Ali Haider Gilani confirms this is his video but claims he was approached by PTI MNAs who told him they didn’t want to vote for Hafeez Sheikh, denies offering money or discussing it #SenateElection2021 pic.twitter.com/nbQ4s0jGTl
— Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaViews) March 2, 2021
Following the emergence of leaked video, Ali Haider Gilani admitted that the video was of him and argued that PTI leaders are his friends and had approached him as they did not wished to vote for PTI’s Abdul Hafeez Sheikh.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had taken notice of the leaked video, reassuring a thorough investigation on ‘merit’ over the issue.
Both government and opposition parties have accused each other of illegal ‘coercion’ and horse trading in order to succeed in senate elections.
