ISLAMABAD: Investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani has alleged that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was helpless to make an impartial decision in the Faisal Vawda disqualification case and the verdict will be based on the umpire’s call.
In a Twitter message, Ahmad Noorani alleged that the election commission will follow the instructions of General Headquarters (GHQ) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He added that it was not just an issue of Pakistani citizenship.
The journalist said that Fakhar Durrani’s story published in daily The News last year highlighted that Faisal Vawda mentioned becoming a Pakistani citizen only in his nomination papers during general elections.
الیکشن کمیشن وہی کرےگاجو جی ایچ کیو اورآئی ایس آئی چاہےگی۔
پاکستانی شہریت یا صرف پاکستانی شہریت کامسئلہ ہےہی نہیں۔
فخردرانی @FrehmanD
کی خبر فیصل واوڈاکےاپنےالیکشن پیپرزمیں صرف پاکستانی شہری ہونےکاحلف نامہ جمع کرواتےوقت انکےامریکی شہری ہونےکےبارےمیں تھی۔https://t.co/55tqGYJh1T https://t.co/OTFhlG3A5K— Ahmad Noorani (@Ahmad_Noorani) December 23, 2021
In another tweet, Noorani further alleged that former chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar and the Supreme Court had disqualified opposition leaders on the same basis but Faisal Vawda is still a parliamentarian due to a blue-eyed person of GHQ.
The journalist has shamed the top court’s judges over showing dual-standard.
اس بنیاد پر ثاقب نثار/سپریم کورٹ نے اپوزیشن کے رہنمائوں کو نااہل کیا۔ فیصل واوڈا جی ایچ کیو کا چہتا ہونے کی وجہ سے فخردرانی کی خبر چھپنے کے دوسال بعد بھی پارلیمنٹ کا رکن ہے۔ اس کھلی ناانصافی پرسپریم کورٹ کے گھٹیا جج شرم سے ڈوب کر مرنے کو بھی تیار نہیں۔ https://t.co/RcfyOKuQZR
— Ahmad Noorani (@Ahmad_Noorani) December 23, 2021
It may be noted here that Fact Focus-linked blogger and journalist Ahmad Noorani had released the 45-second alleged audio of former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on November 21 in which he blamed the former CJP of judicial manipulation to keep former premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz in jail till 2018 general elections.
Zainab Qayyum responds to Sana Bucha’s ‘forensic of journalism’ comment
However, the leaked audio of former Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar had turned out to be fake after an American firm Primeau Forensics conducted a forensic test. The firm had confirmed that the audio leaked by FactFocus was doctored.
Ahmed Noorani had also apologised for giving the wrong news about Panama leaks in a story published in The News on July 12, 2017.