Those trying to rob Senate votes have lost their final battle: Maryam

Says the constitution calls for a secret ballot, not secret cameras

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Friday said that after the presidential ordinance regarding Senate elections was snubbed, the government has brought hidden cameras to the Upper House of the Parliament.

“Those trying to rob Senate votes have lost their final battle today,” Maryam said on Twitter. “They [the government] had to eat their own words after defeat in the Supreme Court (SC) and failing to amend the Constitution which calls for secret ballots and not installing secret cameras.”

The PML-N leader further added that the Constitution had been violated after the opposition refused to give NRO to the 'vote thieves’.

“Shame on you for stealing the votes; leave the office,” she said.

 

آر ٹی ایس اور ڈسکہ دھند کے بعد سینیٹ پر ڈاکہ ڈالنے والے آخری جنگ ہار چکے۔ سپریم کورٹ سے منہ کی کھائی، آئینی ترمیم میں ناکام رہے،صدارتی آرڈینینس ردی کا ٹکڑا بن گیا تو خفیہ کیمروں والے مستری لے آئے۔ آئین میں خفیہ ووٹ کا ذکر ہے خفیہ کیمروں کا نہیں! ووٹ چورو شرم کرو اور کرسی چھوڑو!

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) March 12, 2021

 

 

پارلیمنٹ اور اپوزیشن کے ووٹ چوروں کو NRO دینے سے انکار کے بعد، ECP اور سپریم کورٹ کے کندھے پر رکھ کر بندوق چلانے میں ناکامی کے بعد خفیہ کیمروں کے ذریعے آئین کی توہین ایک سنگین جرم ہے۔ سیلیکٹرز بھی سوچتے ہوں گے کیا مصیبت گلے پڑ گئی! نا اُگلے بن رہی ہے نا نگلے بن رہی ہے!

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) March 12, 2021

 

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