Former prime minister and leader of the opposition in the Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday that it was PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s decision to seek the support of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) lawmakers for his election to the post.
He stated this in an interview on
Dawn News programme
Live with Adil Shahzeb, where he said he was neither interested in the seat of the Senate chairmanship nor leader of the opposition, but it was Bilawal who made the decision.
Last month, Gilani was declared leader of the opposition in the upper house of parliament a move that created disagreements in the ranks of the opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), with both the PML-N and PPP publicly claiming their right to the key office.
PPP leader Mustafa Nawaz criticizes party decisions
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PPP leader Mustafa Nawaz criticizes party decisions
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar while criticizing party decisions has said that the PPP should not have obtained votes from BAP (Balochistan Awami Party) to make Yousaf Raza Gillani Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
Mustafa Nawaz said that the move to take votes from a government ally party has harmed the PPP s ideology.
He expressed the hope that in Central Executive Committee (CEC), priority will be given to reviewing these observations and formulating a plan of action.
Raza Rabbani not pleased with PPP’s move to seek BAP support for Gillani’s Senate seat
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Former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani. File photo.
Raza Rabbani says the support of BAP Dilawar group in the Senate is not good for the ideological foundations of the PPP.
Advises the Opposition to keep its unity intact.
JUI-F, PML-N also refuse to accept Gillani as Senate s Leader of Opposition.
ISLAMABAD: The PPP is now facing internal pressure over its move to seek support from the senators of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) for Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani’s Senate seat as two senior leaders, including former Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani have publicly opposed the development.
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March 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), in its crucial heads of the component parties meeting tomorrow (Tuesday), would take up the situation that has arisen due to allegedly threatening and abusive messages passed on to PML-N central leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif recently by some quarters.
The NAB’s move to seek cancelation of her bail on a plea would also figure in discussions. The joint proposal of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and PDM President Maulana Fazlur Rehman on parting ways with the assemblies to put pressure on the government to quit would also be discussed. Some other smaller parties of the PDM are also supporting the idea.
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