Spy cameras at Senate polling booths spark calls for probe

Opposition leaders say that they have spotted cameras at polling booths on the day of the election of the Senate chairman and deputy chairman.

PML-N Senator Dr Musadik Malik and PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar shared photos of the tiny spy cameras on Twitter.

“What a freaking joke. The senate polling booth has secret /hidden cameras installed, ” tweeted Dr Musadik Malik along with the pictures of cameras.

The PML-N senator also claimed that there was a “hidden device” in the polling booth.

The PPP senator claimed that he and the PML-N senator had found “spy cameras right over the polling booth”.

Later, addressing a press conference, Dr Malik said that both PML-N and PPP had directed them to check the polling booth before the election of the Senate chairman.

“Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and I went to the polling station on direction of our parties to check the polling booth,” he said.

The PML-N senator said that when they arrived at the booth, there were “hidden cameras” right above the polling booth.

“Both were pointing exactly towards the person voting and the second hidden camera was focused on the ballot paper,” said Dr Malik.

“Who is it who put up cameras in the booth,” asked the PML-N senator. He also claimed that there was a lamp inside the polling booth with “holes” in it, adding that there were many microphones and cameras in it.

The PML-N leader called on the police to take the cameras as “evidence” and called for the opening of a “device” stuck in the booth in front of the opposition so they could see what was in it.