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‘Corrupt practices in Senate elections’ detrimental to democracy: PM
February 10, 2021

Prime Minister Imran Khan says corrupt practices in the Senate elections are negation of democracy and vote-purchase is a big question mark over the credibility of politicians.

Talking to media persons at Kallar Syedan teshil of Rawalpindi district today (Wednesday), he said a big question lies ahead, whether to go for Senate polls with the old corrupt system or to act transparent instead.

The Prime Minister recalled that he ousted 20 MPAs from his party who took money for votes in the last Senate elections and some of them also invoked the jurisdiction of the court against the action.

He said the alliance of Opposition parties is making efforts to protect their corruption and ill-gotten money.

The Prime Minister said currently, the rate for a single Senate vote has been fixed which is unfortunate.

He said those involved in such extravagance will later recover by minting money from the public exchequer.

Imran Khan said he has been advocating for an open ballot for the last five year.

The Prime Minister said that Pakistan Muslim League-N and Pakistan Peoples Party had signed a Charter of Democracy and agreed for an open ballot, however they changed their minds to support their corruption.

He said we want to change the system for the benefit of the country and to end corruption.

Turning to economic situation of the country, the Prime Minister said during PPP government, the rupee got weaken about 25 per cent while during PTI government rupees value declined by 24.5 per cent against dollars.

He expressed the hope that with continuity of trend in growth of exports, the situation will improve.