ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said Saturday that elections for the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate are being held according to Senate rules and therefore related matters cannot be taken out, because of his own business.

Speaking here at a press conference and answering questions from reporters, the minister explained that Friday’s election is not an election: it is an election of members from within the DPR and it is a reality. He claimed that in the Senate elections, Gilani lost due to the PDM’s mutual suspicion, fierce and slander. PML-N stabbed PPP, who then stabbed JUI-F from behind.

The PDM, he continued, did not trust each other and this was reflected in the results of the Senate poll. He said PDM was a thing of the past.

Shibli said nothing could be stopped from going to court while referring to the opposition’s decision to move the court against the rejection of the seven votes selected in favor of PDM candidate Yusuf Raza Gilani.

When asked about his views on the opposition’s statement which led to a vote of no-confidence, the minister said that it was their legal and democratic right and they could not be stopped from this, and the government would see it when that stage would come, and fight back. cut. He emphasized that by using all possible and legal means to win a candidate for government, all possible legal, constitutional and moral means would be used. He said the opposition, on the other hand, would use persuasion and offer bribes to win support from members.

Shibli again accused the opposition of trying to bid on the NRO in exchange for its support for judicial, economic or electoral reforms, which the government could not accept or would not compromise on. Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, had declared on the floor of the National Assembly to dialogue with the opposition over the law, but they wanted the NRO in its place.

“We will welcome their cooperation in terms of judicial reform, economic reform or electoral reform which is purely pro-masses. We are ready for any law, concerning the public, but the opposition’s demands are ridiculous, ”he said.

Regarding inflation and price increases, he said the government was doing its best to provide relief to the public and again said that the increase in the price of goods was a temporary phenomenon. He added that the government has successfully faced challenges in the economic field and the national economy has stabilized and now the whole focus will be on service delivery and further improvement of governance.

On the discovery of a spy camera in the Senate, he said it would be thoroughly investigated and there was a need to know who was behind it and how they managed to install it, stressing that every tactic was used for the transparency of the chairman and vice chairman. general election. He said the prime minister has always called for open voting to make elections transparent and the opposition wants secret ballots to buy and sell votes.

Meanwhile, the Punjab Chief Minister’s Special Assistant for Information, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, said in a tweet that the PDM is being revealed every day and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s stance has been proven right. He said the PDM was entangled in its own plans. He said the ‘corrupt gang’ that secured Gilani’s victory as senator with money is now hiding over his defeat in the election for chairman.

Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said in a tweet that the finger would not be lifted at the Senate elections had the ECP conducted the elections transparently under the Supreme Court. He urged the electoral body to bring changes to its behavior.

Communications Minister Murad Saeed said Imran Khan not only brought constitutional amendments to transparent elections, but also approached the supreme court for this purpose. He said the situation could have been different had the ECP conducted transparent elections in the Senate.

Shibli Faraz also said on Twitter that holding transparent elections is the responsibility of the ECP.