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April 1, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former Senate chairman and senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said on Wednesday that the party should not have taken the support of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Dilawar Khan group in the Senate for the opposition leader in the upper house of Parliament.
“Though the slot of the opposition leader in the Senate was right of the PPP being a largest single party at the opposition benches, it should not take n the support of the BAP Senators Dilawar group for the slot of opposition leader in the Senate,” he said while answering a query of The News on Wednesday. Raza Rabbani said the support of BAP Dilawar group in the Senate was not good for the ideological foundations of the PPP. Raza Rabbani said rules of the Senate are clear that the slot goes to single largest party at the opposition benches. He advised the opposition to keep its unity intact for broader object of supremacy of the constitution and Parliament and objectives of supremacy of the constitution could not be achieved without unity in the ranks of the opposition. “It’s time to stand united to achieve the objectives,” he said.