LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sibtain Khan has been appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly (PA) on Monday.
Speaker of Punjab Assembly Pervaiz Elahi notified Sibtain Khan as the Leader of the Opposition hours before the key budget session.
“Pursuant to the provisions of rule 23-A of the Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab 1997, I, Pervaiz Elahi, Speaker, Provincial Assembly of Punjab hereby declare MPA Sibtain Khan as Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly with immediate effect,” the notification reads.
The opposition leader’s seat had fallen vacant after its Hamza Shahbaz was elected as the chief minister following the resignation of Usman Buzdar ahead of a no-confidence motion.
