ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has said that the victory of Sadiq Sanjrani and Mirza Muhammad Afridi as chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate is a defeat of the forces of darkness and it has buried the politics of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).
Talking to the media at the Parliament House on Friday, the information minister said that PDM’s politics revolves around personal interests and Friday’s election has buried their ill intentions.
He said, “They [opposition] are people who have manipulated law and did everything for the sake of money. They have mastered corrupt practices… but, despite all this they have met defeat and insult today”.
“Today, they staged the drama of cameras. The votes that have been rejected can be re-checked through the screen footages.”
He added that the government will conduct an inquiry into the “drama they staged and in which they failed”.
“They should be ashamed to have staged such propaganda,” he said, adding, “The PPP [Pakistan People’s Party] has back-stabbed PML-N [Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz].… the drama of cameras was staged by them. We have only used legal and moral measures to win today’s elections.”
The minister said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, is committed to bringing transparency and end horse-trading in the electoral process of Pakistan. He maintained that Imran Khan wants to take the country towards development, progress and prosperity while the opposition wants to safeguard personal interests instead of serving the nation.
Faraz urged the opposition to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Imran if it wants development, prosperity and rule of law in the country.
Speaking on the occasion, Senator Faisal Javed Khan said that PTI is going to bring comprehensive electoral reforms to ensure transparency in the polling process, which include electronic and open voting. He said, “We want to make the electoral process credible so that losing candidates accept his defeat open-heartedly.”
He said: “It is not only the victory of Sadiq Sanjrani, but it is also the victory of the whole of Balochistan. Today, the nation has to make a choice between two; one is Imran Khan, who does not want to mint money, and the second is the gang of corrupt and those who want to mint money.”
