Gilani urges ECP to dismiss disqualification case against him.

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani and his son Ali Haider Gilani submitted their replies in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as the commission heard a petition filed by PTI leaders seeking disqualification of the former prime minister from the Senate seat.

As the hearing began on Monday, Gilani requested the commission to dismiss disqualification pleas against him for being 'inadmissible' as the allegations levelled by the PTI members were 'baseless' and 'frivolous'. He further called Parliamentary Leader for Railways Farrukh Habib and Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari as 'habitual petitioners'. The case was filed on the basis of some 'unauthentic' videos, he claimed.

Maleeka Bukhari read the transcript of former premier's son Ali Haider Gilani's leaked video and claimed that the procedure of wasting a vote was being taught in the clip. The ECP Punjab member asked why the MNAs met Ali Haider Gilani when they clearly knew about horse trading trend in the elections. PTI lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar responded that the video was recorded to expose the corrupt elements in politics.

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