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Taimur Talpur appears in ECP, takes U-turn on horse-trading claim
October 04, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Oct 04 (INP): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Taimur Talpur on Thursday appeared in Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and retracted from his claim regarding horse-trading in Senate polls.
During his appearance, Talpur said that his statement was taken out of context. He also demanded constitutional protection.
Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) sought written reply from the PPP leader in this regard.
[timed-content-server show="10/05/2018 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]Earlier, in a startling revelation, PPP lawmaker Taimur Talpur had confessed to horse-trading in the Senate elections in the huddle of the Sindh Assembly. Taimur said, “Senate polls witnessed horse-trading. The member who sold his vote to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was also sitting in the House”. "We made a commitment that we won t ever discuss this,” said Nawab Muhammad Taimur Talpur in the Sindh Assembly. A ruckus erupted in Sindh Assembly soon after Talpur’s remarks as opposition’s lawmakers—who were left flabbergasted by the unforeseen disclosure—staged protest and urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar to take suo motu notice and initiate a thorough probe into the matter. Nawaz-led PML-N had accused PTI of selling their votes to PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari while terming PPP and PTI two sides of the same coin. INP/LK[/timed-content-server]Related Articles
