ISLAMABAD: Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister and joint candidate of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for upcoming Senate Elections, wants to secure Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vote in the Senate elections.
Gillani has written a letter to all members of the National Assembly, seeking their votes for the upcoming Senate elections where he is contesting as a candidate PDM.
The same letter was also sent to the prime minister, who has lashed out at the PDM and accused Opposition parties of seeking a secret ballot in the Senate elections in hopes to bribe lawmakers.
PDM’s Gillani is going up against the PTI’s Abdul Hafeez Shaikh for the Islamabad seat for the Senate.
In his letter, the PPP leader urged lawmakers keep in mind his character and politics over the past couple of years.
He stressed on the importance of the Senate elections and the votes, saying that they would have consequences on the country for a long time to come.
Before the Senate polls, the PDM had announced that the alliance was on one page concerning the nomination of Gillani as its candidate from Islamabad.
Earlier, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had offered full support to PPP Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari for Gilani.
Gillani has been actively campaigning to win the upcoming election. Earlier, he contacted the chief of BNP (Mengal) Sardar Akhtar Mengal to discuss the current political situation of the country.
The PPP and other political parties have expressed confidence that the government will lose the upcoming Senate elections with PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari going so far as to say that PM Imran Khan will no longer remain prime minister after the elections.
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