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Credit card scandal: Shumaila Rana rejoins Punjab Assembly
Rana had resigned from her seat in 2009 after a female MPA had accused her of stealing her credit card.
Screenshot from CCTV footage that alleged former MPA Shumaila Rana of using stolen credit cards.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) member Shumaila Rana, who was allegedly involved in a credit card scandal, rejoined the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday.
Rana had resigned from her seat in July 2009 after a female MPA accused her of stealing and using her credit card. Rana alleged that she was forced to quit Punjab Assembly by the provincial government, but the PML-N leadership had denied pressurising her.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday declared Rana a successful candidate on a PML-N ticket on the women reserved seat in the Punjab Assembly. The ECP also declared two other candidates successful on women reserved seats in the National Assembly.
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A slap on DEMOCRACY…
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Look who is corrupt! Everything coming from PMLN is clean.
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Nothing surprising..!! our parliament has already filled with burglars..!!
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Welcome back Madam to PML(N) again, the most democratic party. Main Nawaz Sharif will become the PM for the 3rd time.
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Khadim-e-Punjab will need her in the coming Election, another shameful act by the TigersRecommend
people people, PMLN leadership asked her to resign. she got her seat back after the verdict of court proving her innocent. criticising PMLN for nothing.
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Democracy is the best revenge for charge sheeters to get into assembly to continue the loot mar. Long live our corrupt democratic officials. Keep on looting until this country is complete kangal. And then find an excuse to leave Pakistan and live in exile. Shame full state of affairs.
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Actually the charges were dropped against her and only after that when she was declared innocent by the court of law she is reelected as the member parliament. So if anyone believe in Judiciary of Pakistan then they should accept its decision as When Judiciary have declared her Scot free then it is alright.
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We are bit more critic than required, the judiciary we trust on has given her a waiver.
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how many of us have actually followed the case? how many of us have facts?
i dont have, and i m not giving extreme comments about anyone
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This one is interesting: http://tribune.com.pk/story/357190/shumaila-ranas-seat-final-arguments-on-may-9/
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Very sad that all media has got viral but the reality is that she was acquitted in the alleged scandal. So please ET get your headlines correct and less sensational. I know it is your need. Check the acquittal news http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/18-Apr-2010/Shumaila-Rana-acquitted-in-credit-card-theft-case
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when she went to court the credit card owner was given settlement money by her and the prosecutor dropped the case so she won the case. So basically she stole the money and gave it back and the case was droppedRecommend
ET overtime have transformed themselves into a propaganda machine and now they cover the news in a biased manner without taking into account all the ascepts of one news and they deliberately put sensationalism in news and wrongly attribute many statements to some individuals.
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After the pay offs the charges were dropped does not mean she was found innocent. This is called buying the justice Pakistani style! Welcome back my dear to the same party and continue petty theafts. Next time be careful that you are not caught on camera with proofs. Recommend
Actualy Punjab prosecution department which is under Shahbaz Sharif presented a very weak case that resulted in her aquittal. The evidence against her was very strong including CCTV fotage and calls made by her to the credit card company. But the prosecution dept deliberately withheld important evidence during the trial that resulted in her aquittal. Until prosecution is not made independent and non-partisan, such crooks will continue to be set free by our guardian politicians.
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She payed off the stolen money, so the charges were dropped from the claiming party. She wasnt innocent, PMLN jialay think people are fool
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Democracy is the best revenge on the people of Pakistan, who are easily duped by our politicians, and whoever is incharge.
Now she is destined to be our next great leader, as she qualifies perfectly.
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AAAH…PML N so called ” protectors of democracy” !!!!…playing with short memory of hopeless Pakistanis….again…..
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corruption of thousands is NO corruption these days…..
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@Blithe:
Why are you using my username???
I don’t know what the game is…
but it’s not funny…
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people people, PMLN leadership asked her to
resign. she got her seat back after the verdict of
court proving her innocent. criticising PMLN for
nothing.
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@Mirza
Had she been a PPP MPA, your stance. language and words would have been completely different!
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Whether PPP , PML (N) or others hardly makes any difference. People with Fake degrees can be law makers. If Shumaila rejoins the gang in the provincial assembly – what difference does it make. All of them are of the same feather.
HADI SAKEY
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This is the biggest problem that Pakistan is plagued with corrupt law makers. The corrupt law makers are so much powerful that they influence the justice, and get acquitted as Ms. Shumaila Rana got.
Actually some days before when PML (N) was awarding women’s reserved seats, PML (N) was not willing to nominate Ms. Rana but she blackmailed PML (N) that instead she would join PTI. It is another question that either PTI was willing to accepted her or not. That is how PML (N) tainted its clear face (as compare to PPP) with its own compromises. Now no one can say that PML (N) is clean party.
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Thieves & dishonest,flourish & thrive in this land of pure. What a shame!!
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Well done PML (N) — Since she stole few thousands and used stolen credit card in UNBECOMING fro, all standards but guess in light of BiGGER Thieves this is INSIGNIFICANT so the respectful court has acquitted her. She is welcome in the clan by NAWAZ SHARIFF.
GOD SAVE US from these THUGS & CHEATS… Where is CH Nisar??
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shame on PML-N
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Why to blame PMLN when Gilani and Zardari from PPP is well known of their acts. There are only two parties MQM and Tehreeke Insaf which I know have honest representatives . MQM can claim to be only party which has ordinary poor persons from every walk of life.
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She was acquitted. Blame the independent judiciary.
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It is time to look to the United States to end this nonsense imposed on us by the current coalition government and the pathetic excuse we call an opposition. Please America remove these thieves and liars from our political sphere – you’ve done it before and no doubt you will do it again. We need you to act quickly before we Pakistan is a mere shell of what it once was.
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The courts have video recordings and the charges by the culprit. However, that is not enough for the independent judiciary. If she were from PPP even the witness of a foreigner from afar would have been more than enough for the generals and top judiciary to act. It is payback to the PML-N.
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That’s what happens here. Incident gets reported, notice is taken, but in a months time is brushed under the rug.
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This shows the judicial system’s uselessness despite claiming to be impartial and independent. All that evidence against her and still this woman gets off scot free and lands in power again. Shame on the judiciary.
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