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Disqualification case: Gillani, son submit replies in ECP

Disqualification case: Gillani, son submit replies in ECP
April 5, 2021

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Opposition Leader in Senate Yousaf Raza Gillani and his son Ali Haider Gillani on Monday submitted their replies in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a disqualification case on Monday.

The ECP heard a PTI petition seeking disqualification of the PPP leader on the Senate seat. A three-member bench of the ECP headed by the election commission’s Punjab Member, issued notices to MNAs Faheem Khan and Jameel Ahmed, seen in a video submitted to the ECP.

The ECP also issued the copies of replies of Yousaf Raza Gillani and Ali Haider Gillani to the PTI. Gillani has requested the ECP to dismiss disqualification pleas against him.

The commission adjourned further hearing of the case until April 27.

In the petition, the ECP was pleaded to take action against Yousaf Raza Gillani and his son under Section 174 of the Election Act 2017 in light of the leaked video in which Ali Haider Gillani was seen telling the MNAs how to waste their vote.

Petitioners Farrukh Habib, Kanwal Shauzab and Maleeka Bukhari, filed a plea seeking disqualification of Senator Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani over the leaked video of Ali Haider Gillani.

Previously, notices were issued to Yousaf Raza Gillani, his son Ali Haider Gillani and other parties regarding the leaked video. ECP had rejected the plea of PTI to stop the notification of Yousaf Raza Gillani’s victory in the Senate elections.