Taking to Twitter, the premier said:

"The videos showing the shameful way in which politicians buy and sell votes in Senate reflects the total destruction of the nation's morality by successive ruling elites as they drowned the nation in debt. The cycle of corruption and money laundering is a sordid tale of our political elite."

The prime minister added that the political elite spends money to come to power and then uses power to make money to purchase bureaucrats, media, and other decision-makers to consolidate their power. They rob the nation's wealth - money laundering it into offshore accts/ foreign assets/palatial residences abroad, the premier added.

Premier Khan said that the reason anti-government opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is opposing open ballot in Senate elections to protect this cycle of corruption.

"This is what the PDM cabal wants to now protect by supporting a corruption-friendly system. We are determined to stop this cycle of corruption and money laundering that is debilitating the nation."

It is important to mention that Khan was referring to a leaked video that surfaced on Tuesday which exposed the horse-trading during Senate elections in 2018. In the video, lawmakers can be seen counting bundles of currencies and hiding them inside the bag.