KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has nominated Rana Ansar for the opposition leader’s slot in the Sindh Assembly amid deadlock with another opposition party, Grand Opposition Alliance (GDA).
MQM-P’s Rana Ansar has been nominated for the position of Sindh opposition leader. She would be the first woman opposition leader in Sindh Assembly if elected.
However, the deadlock is still persisting between MQM-P and GDA for the opposition leader’s slot as the nominated Ansar would require a specific number of votes for replacing the current opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh.
The MQM-P lawmakers filed her nomination to the Sindh Assembly Secretariat after getting the signatures of the lawmakers. The application was filed in the PA Secretariat by MQM-P’s Farooq Sattar, Nasreen Jalil, Rana Ansar and other lawmakers.
While talking to journalists, Farooq Sattar said that the current opposition leader is not present in the Sindh Assembly to represent the entire opposition. He added that neither the opposition leader nor other lawmakers belonging to his political party are attending sessions at the provincial assembly.
He said that there is a need to fill the gap in the Sindh Assembly to represent the opposition benches.
