Imran Khan nominates Mahmood Khan Achakzai as Opposition Leader NA, Azam Swati for Senate: Salman Akram Raja
ISLAMABAD ( WEB NEWS )
Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has nominated Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai for the post of Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, PTI Secretary-General Salman Akram Raja said on Wednesday.
“Azam Khan Swati has been nominated as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate,” Salman Akram Raja added. He also said Imran Khan has asked for five names to decide on his nominee for the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly.
The announcement comes after the Election Commission of Pakistan earlier this month disqualified PTI’s Omar Ayub Khan as the NA opposition leader and Shibli Faraz from the same role in the Senate, along with other opposition MNAs and MPAs, following their convictions in May 9 cases. Both PTI opposition leaders were formally removed from their posts on August 8.
Speaking to reporters outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Salman Akram Raja said that Imran Khan nominated Achakzai, who currently leads the Tehreek-i-Tahaffuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP), to take Ayub’s place.
“The PTI founder has entrusted the matter of by-elections [to seats vacated after recent convictions of lawmakers in May 9 cases] to the party’s political committee,” he said. “A political committee meeting will be held later today, where a decision will be made in this regard.”