PTI cries as PPP celebrates Gailani’s victory in Senate
Monitoring Desk :
The mainstream opposition party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) celebrated the victory of Syed Yousaf Raza Gailani in senate elections over the PTI candidate Hafeez Sheikh on Wednesday.
In a major blow to the PTI government, the joint opposition candidate Gilani won the hotly contested general seat from Islamabad, beating Shaikh. Gilani secured 169 votes while Shaikh bagged 164 votes.
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari took to Twitter with a succinct “Democracy is the best revenge”.
“Jiye Bhutto,” said Bilawal.
PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz also tweeted her congratulations to Gilani and the opposition alliance’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). She congratulated the MNAs of the PML-N for accepting PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s stance and “refusing to bow down and sell out”.
“Well done PML-N! The future is yours,” said Maryam.
