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LAHORE:
A day after Mahmood Khan Achakzai was finally named Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, senior PTI leaders imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat Prison in Lahore on Saturday called for the immediate appointment of an Opposition Leader in the Senate, nominating Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) Chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas to the post.
In a joint letter, PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed and Umar Sarfraz Cheema congratulated Achakzai for taking charge as NA opposition leader after months of delay.
The jailed leaders expressed hope that Achakzai, working under the leadership of PTI founder Imran Khan, would fulfill his responsibilities in restoring democracy and the Constitution, upholding the rule of law, ensuring supremacy of the judiciary and safeguarding the fundamental rights of citizens and political workers.
They also expressed hope that Achakzai will begin consultations aimed at extricating Pakistan from a protracted political and economic crisis that has spanned the past four years.
Highlighting an “unjustified delay” in the appointment of the NA opposition leader, PTI leaders stressed that the opposition leadership in the Senate should now be filled “immediately”.
Earlier in the day, Justice Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said the process would move forward once procedural hurdles are overcome.
