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In this file photo, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Yousuf Raza Gilani address a press conference. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: The ongoing tussle between the country’s two major opposition parties on the appointment of Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani as leader of the opposition in the Senate intensified on Wednesday when the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) declared that it would not accept Shehbaz Sharif as the opposition leader in the National Assembly, if Mr Gilani was not supported by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the upper house of parliament.
“If the PML-N and the JUI-F decide not to recognise the opposition leader in the Senate then we will also be forced not to accept the opposition leader in the National Assembly,” said PPP leader Syed Naveed Qamar in a statement.
Raza Rabbani not pleased with PPP’s move to seek BAP support for Gillani’s Senate seat
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Former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani. File photo.
Raza Rabbani says the support of BAP Dilawar group in the Senate is not good for the ideological foundations of the PPP.
Advises the Opposition to keep its unity intact.
JUI-F, PML-N also refuse to accept Gillani as Senate s Leader of Opposition.
ISLAMABAD: The PPP is now facing internal pressure over its move to seek support from the senators of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) for Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani’s Senate seat as two senior leaders, including former Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani have publicly opposed the development.
PDM mulls strategy after Senate shock
Zardari, Sharif, Fazl agree to investigate suspected opposition senators over rejected votes
PDM. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
Defeat in the election of Senate chairman and deputy chairman on Friday turned out to be a rude awakening call for the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as it forced the bigwigs in the 11-party alliance to mull over the results, legal options, and a future course of action.
On Saturday, the PDM’s big three – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman – held a telephonic conversation to discuss the Senate election result.