Islamabad (April 18, 2018): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan on Wednesday revealed the names of lawmakers who sold votes during the Senate elections.
According to the details, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced on Wednesday that the party will report 20 of its members to the National Accountability Bureau for “participating in horse trading” during Senate elections.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the PTI chief said that the party will give the members a chance to explain before sending their names to NAB. He claimed that PTI, by expelling nearly 30 per cent of its leaders, was “truly protecting the sanctity of vote” and wondered if other political parties will follow.
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The PTI chief said that nobody took any action on the buying and selling of votes during the Senate election. Imran claimed that between 30-40 votes were sold in the Senate elections.
Nargis Ali, Dina Naz, Fauzia Bibi, Nasreen Hayat, and Khatoon Bibi were named as the female lawmakers who had traded votes.
Among the male lawmakers who were found guilty of trading votes during the election of the Upper House of the Parliament were Sardar Idrees, Ubaid Mayar, Zahid Duranni, Abdul Haq, Qurban Khan, Amjad Afridi, Javed Bashir, Yasin Khali, Faisal Zaman, Mairaj Humayun, Babar Saleem, and Wajih Uz Zaman.
A charge sheet will be issued to the lawmakers to seek an explanation of their actions, Imran said, adding that their names will also be sent to the National Accountability Burea (NAB).
“The investigation committee will give proofs to NAB on how these lawmakers were bribed,” the PTI chief said, challenging other parties to oust their corrupt members.
“This is not the first time lawmakers have taken part in horse trading,” Khan said. “This has been happening for the past 30 or 40 years.”
The PTI chief said that the accused lawmakers had received Rs40 million each and added that the party will issue a show-cause notice to each one of them.
Khan lauded other members of the party who “resisted the temptation” of taking large sums of money offered to them by other parties.
Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister presented on Wednesday a report bearing names of 13 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPAs, who allegedly sold their votes in the Senate elections, to party’s Chairman Imran Khan.
The report on alleged horse-trading in Senate polls said that several MPAs “sold their conscience” for Rs 1.2 billion.
According to the report, PTI MPAs raked in Rs 600 million. “Thirty PTI MPAs were offered to sale their votes in exchange for money, and 15 MPAs were paid the amount during horse-trading,” the report says.
It added that a PTI MPA also declined to accept the offer. “Some MPAs belonging to Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) and Awami National Party (ANP) were also paid the amount.”
Names of a handful of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPAs have also been exposed in the list.
Giving the break-up, the report says that three KP Assembly members received Rs 110.4million on February 27, five received Rs 40 million each in Peshawar the next day, while three received Rs 30 million each on March 2. “A female MPA also refused to receive Rs 30 million and demanded Rs 50 million instead,” the report added.
The spokesman for the PTI, Fawad Chaudrhy, says that the party has decided to expose those who sold their votes. He said that only the PTI leadership had had the courage to expose their names unlike other political parties.
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