Senate opposition leader polls: Gillani submits application with support of 30 members
Last updated on: 26 March,2021 02:36 pm
Gillani's nomination papers were submitted with the signatures of 30 senators
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Yousaf Raza Gillani on Friday has submitted his application form for the post of Leader of the Opposition in Upper House of the Parliament, Senate.
The nomination papers were submitted with the signatures of 30 senators which include 21 from PPP, two from Awami National Party (ANP), one from Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), two former members of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and four senators from Dilawar Khan’s independent group.
Meanwhile, Dilawar Khan has announced to form a group which will consist of independent members from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.
Informally talking to media, PPP leader Sherry Rehman said that bringing opposition leader in Senate is the right of her party whereas Yousaf Raza Gillani said that he has no idea about how much vote he will get in opposition leader election. Earlier, two main parties of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), PPP and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), had nominated separate candidates for the post of opposition leader in Senate. The PPP had selected Yousaf Raza Gillani as a nominee for opposition leader seat while PML-N had provided the name of Azam Nazeer Tarar. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told that the members of PDM had agreed to bring opposition leader from PML-N.
It is to be mentioned here that the members of upper house had elected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government-backed Sadiq Sanjarani and Muhammad Mirza Afridi as chairman and deputy chairman of Senate.