PTI nominates Moin Riaz Quershi as Punjab Opposition leader

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)  has nominated Moin Riaz Qureshi as the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly.

After the disqualification of former opposition leader of the Punjab Assembly, Ahmed Khan Bachchar, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has nominated Moin Riaz Qureshi as the new opposition leader.

In this regard, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja says that Ahmed Khan Bachchar is fighting his case and has the support of the entire PTI.

It should be noted that the post of opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly has been vacant since the conviction and disqualification of Malik Ahmed Khan Bachchar in the May 9 case.

Earlier, Amid Disqualification from the Election Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Malik Ahmed Khan Bhachar was removed from the office of Opposition Leader of the Punjab Assembly.

A notification has been issued by the Punjab Assembly Secretariat for the removal of Malik Ahmed Khan.

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Faisalabad on Thursday delivered verdicts in several May 9 cases, sentencing accused, including senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, to imprisonment.

According to the details, the court has sentenced the Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Omar Aub, the Leader of Opposition in the Senate, Shibli Faraz, Zartaj Gul, and other party leadership to ten years in prison in a case registered at the Civil Lines Police Station, Faisalabad.

MNA Sahibzada Hamid Raza and former MNA Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, among 108 accused, were also handed a 10-year jail term.