LAHORE: Hamza Shahbaz of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has been named as opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly.
Former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shahbaz has officially notified the leader of the opposition in the provincial legislature.
A notification of Hamza’s appointment was issued following the approval from Speaker Sibtain Khan.
It is pertinent to be mentioned here that the office of the opposition leader had been lying vacant since the change of government in the province.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader was removed as the opposition leader earlier this year in April after being appointed as the Punjab chief minister.
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However, merely four days after taking oath as the provincial chief executive, Hamza’s ascension to the office was declared unlawful, bringing even his second stint to an abrupt end, cutting short his tenure even shorter than the first one.
His two short stints as the premier of the political heartland remained marred by controversies.
From securing votes from defecting PTI MPAs, which were later declared void, to being controversially declared a winner in contentious chief minister’s elections despite securing seven fewer votes, Hamza’s office had remained under clouds through and through.
