Senate Election: After Gillani’s video, Sindh minister’s alleged audio suggests horse-trading
As lawmakers elect colleagues to the upper house of the Parliament amid controversies, Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah has purportedly been heard in a leaked audio making assurances to ruling party lawmakers.
The audio clip being reported as a conversation between Punjab MPA Ali Haider Gillani and Shah emerged shortly after a video of former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gillani’s son instructing a lawmaker on how his vote can be wasted in the Senate election went viral on social media.
In yet another evidence of lawmakers being offered money for voting against party lines during the Senate elections, Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah could be purportedly heard in a leaked audio making assurances to the PTI lawmakers.#SenateElections2021 #ARYNews pic.twitter.com/mQi0hqMzXo
— ARY NEWS (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) March 2, 2021
In the audio, two people can be heard talking about offers of millions of rupees to PTI lawmakers ahead of the Senate polls.
Ali can allegedly be heard saying that he spoke to Shah, who asked him to bring down the “offer”. An assurance is given in the audio that development work will be done in constituencies as per the wishes of PTI lawmakers.
“We could carry out uplift projects worth around Rs100 million,” said a voice being attributed to Ali.
The son of the Senate candidate allegedly said it would be difficult to carry money if payments are made in cash as it would attract attention.
The same voice further said that ‘friends’ (PTI lawmakers) were standing with him and wanted to talk to the provincial information minister.
“Tell four of them that they would be taken care of,” another man responded. The voice is said to be of Shah.
The provincial information minister has denied that the voice is his.
آپ مبینہ آڈیو ریکارڈنگ میں علی حیدر گیلانی اور چار تحریک انصاف کے ایم این ایز کو مزید پیسوں کی یقین دہانی کرا رہے ہیں، کیا یہ انتخابات میں پیسہ چلنے کو ثابت نہیں کرتا؟ سنیے ناصر حسین شاہ کا موقف
— Shahzeb Khanzada (@shazbkhanzdaGEO) March 2, 2021
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