Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday formed a five-member fact-finding committee to ascertain the role of party senators in the voting on no-confidence motion in the Senate against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Thursday last. Members of the committee are; Yousuf Raza Gilani, Nayyer Hussain Bukhari, Saeed Ghani, Sabir Baloch and Farhatullah Babar.
The committee may also co-opt other members if necessary. The fact-finding committee will also make recommendations about the resignations already submitted by party senators to the PPP chairman. Farhatullah Babar in a statement said chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari had expressed deep disappointment over the horse-trading in the Senate on Thursday and decided to try to get to the bottom of it, expose those who played a dirty role, find out why the joint opposition was unable to remove Sanjrani despite being in majority and to punish any party senator if found guilty of defection and violating party discipline.
The decision to move no-confidence motion against the Senate chairman was taken unanimously at the June 26 multi-party conference in Islamabad. The members of fact-finding committee are taken from all provinces. The party hopes that other opposition parties will also investigate the matter with respect to their senators.