Senior PTI leaders imprisoned in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail on Saturday demanded that Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas be appointed the Senate opposition chief instantly.
In a letter seen by DaybreakPTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed and Umar Sarfraz Cheema congratulated veteran politician Mehmood Khan Achakzai on his appointment because the opposition chief within the Nationwide Meeting after a months-long delay.
The letter was shared with the media by their counsel, Rana Mudassir.
The PTI leaders hoped Achakzai, below the steerage of get together founder Imran Khan, would fulfill his duty in restoring democracy and the Structure, guaranteeing the rule of regulation, the supremacy of the judiciary and the safety of the basic rights of the folks and political employees.
Additionally they hoped that Achakzai would maintain consultations on lifting Pakistan out of the quagmire and financial disaster it has been coping with for the previous 4 years.
They famous that the federal government had appointed the NA opposition chief after a lot delay, including that Nasir ought to be appointed the opposition chief within the higher home of Parliament “instantly”.
Earlier within the day, Regulation Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar had additionally commented on the matter whereas chatting with Geo Information in Lahore.
Requested when the Senate opposition chief can be appointed, he mentioned: “That will even occur. The Senate chairman is serving because the performing president proper now… Sherry Rehman chaired yesterday’s assembly.”
“As soon as the Senate chairman returns, then this will even occur,” the minister added.
Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) chief Achakzai was lastly appointed chief of the opposition within the Nationwide Meeting on Friday — a slot that had been mendacity vacant for nearly 5 months because the disqualification of PTI’s Omar Ayub.
Incarcerated PTI founder Imran had named Achakzai and Abbas for the opposition chief’s slot within the NA and the Senate, respectively, final yr in August.
The Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified each the then NA and Senate opposition leaders, Ayub and Shibli Faraz, respectively, in August following their convictions in instances associated to the Could 9, 2023 riots.
