-PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan calls on JUI-F’s Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri,
agree PDM parties disappointed with PPP’s attitude
Bureau Report
LAHORE: PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the JUI-F’s Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri have unanimously decided not to accept PPP’s Yousaf Raza Gillani as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
The decision came during a Wednesday meeting to discuss the situation following Gillani’s selection as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. Abbasi, the secretary-general of the Opposition’s anti-government coalition under the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) banner, had called on Maulana Haideri, his counterpart in the JUI-F, and inquired about the latter’s party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
Both agreed that all Opposition parties in the PDM were disappointed with the PPP’s attitude. The senior PML-N leader said a consultation on the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate would soon be held with other parties in the PDM. The JUI-F leader opined that the PPP had “disappointed everyone” by seeking the Balochistan Awami Party’s (BAP) support on the issue of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
