PTI suspends Mahmood Achakzai's nomination as opposition leader

ISLAMABAD: PTI on Thursday suspended nomination of the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and Senate.

The party’s political committee has said that the nomination of Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Azam Swati as leaders of opposition in the NA and the Senate has been halted.

“No new nominations will be made until the appeals of Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz being decided,” PTI committee said.

PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said that the party leadership is standing by the side of present opposition leaders. “PTI’s founder has proposed new names as opposition leaders,” Salman Akram said.

“We hope that the court will decide the matter in our favour,” Raja said.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) reportedly facing internal divisions over party founder Imran Khan’s decision to nominate Mahmood Achakzai as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.

According to sources, several PTI leaders have raised objections to the proposal, suggesting that the party already has several capable members who could assume the role.

The issue was discussed in PTI’s political and parliamentary committees, where a number of members voiced reservations.

Some lawmakers, however, maintained that the decision taken by PTI’s incarcerated founder, Imran Khan, should be considered final and binding.

Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan nominated Mahmood Khan Achakzai as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Azam Khan Swati as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.