ISLAMABAD: The three-member ministerial committee constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan to probe the leaked video showing then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly members allegedly receiving money to sell their votes during the 2018 Senate elections has vowed to find out the “beneficiaries” of the purchased votes and suggest criminal action against those involved in the scam.
Talking to Dawn after attending the first meeting of the committee here on Saturday, federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said the committee wanted to ascertain two things — who provided those funds and who were the beneficiaries in the 2018 Senate polls.
The minister said the committee wanted to submit a comprehensive report to the PM containing suggestions to remove the “menace of corruption” from the Senate poll process and ascertaining as to what criminal action should be taken against those seen in the video and involved in the scam.
He said the committee would hold its meetings twice a week.
