ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council have collectively nominated his get together chief Omar Ayub Khan because the chief of the opposition in Pakistan’s Nationwide Meeting. The PTI-SIC formalised the nomination by submitting his paperwork to the workplace of Nationwide Meeting Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Saturday, the Daybreak newspaper mentioned on Sunday.
By the way, Omar Ayub Khan was additionally the joint candidate who misplaced to Imran Khan‘s rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) get together’s Shehbaz Sharif within the prime ministerial election final week.
About 90 candidates of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) joined the SIC after profitable within the February 8 normal elections as impartial candidates to safe reserved seats.
The nomination papers have been submitted by Malik Amir Dogar within the presence of SIC supremo Sahib­zada Hamid Raza, and members of the nationwide meeting (MNAs) Ali Mohammad Khan, Riaz Fatyana, Dr Nisar Ahmad Jatt and others, the newspaper mentioned.
Achakzai was the PTI-SIC’s candidate in opposition to Pakistan Peoples Social gathering (PPP) candidate Asif Ali Zardari, who was on Saturday elected because the president. He took the oath on Sunday.
Responding to a query, Dr Jatt expressed the hope that Ayub would turn into the opposition chief within the NA by means of nomination, as a substitute of election, on March 13 or 14.
The chief of the opposition enjoys the standing of a federal minister. He will get a separate workplace, the place often opposition events maintain conferences.
The Public Accounts Committee is often headed by the chief of the opposition.



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