Pervez Khattak says 'everyone took revenge' during Senate chairman and deputy chairman elections
PESHAWAR:Defence Minister Pervez Khattak took numerous jibes at the defeat of the Opposition parties' anti-government coalition under the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) banner during elections of the upper House's top officials, saying it was "a great game".
"Everyone took revenge on each other…I had a lot of fun and this game will continue,"Khattak said, referring to how the PDM's candidates for the Senate chairman and deputy chairman posts — the PPP's Yousaf Raza Gillani andMaulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri of the JUI-F, respectively — lost.
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"In the second phase, thePML-N took revenge on the PPP," he added. The federal minister said seven votes were rejected after being cast "directly" in order to ensure that "they know how to give a shock".
The PDM chiefMaulana Fazlur Rehman was also "deceived", he said. "I had a lot of fun and this game will continue in the future. They will keep defeating each other in the same way and we will enjoy watching this spectacle."
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Khattak observed that the anti-government alliance was "fooling" Fazlur Rehman. "He should come to his senses and leave the PDM's presidency. Tomorrow, if they march for a sit-in, they would leave 'Maulana' halfway through," the minister stated.
Earlier this week, the Opposition's panel faced a defeat in the election of Senate's chairman and deputy chairman, with the ruling PTI's candidates Sadiq Sanjarani and Mirza Mohammad Afridi emerging successful.
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