Former PM Yusuf Raza Gillani beats PDM to clinch slot of Senate Opposition leader

ISLAMABAD – Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)candidate Yousaf Raza Gillani on Friday nominated as the Leader of theOpposition in the Upper House.

Pakistan People Party has filed the request for the post of SenateOpposition leader amid differences among the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s(PDM) alliance parties.

Gillani has secured the seat with the support of 30 Opposition senators.These included 21 members from the PPP, two from the Awami National Party,one from the Jamaat-i-Islami, two from FATA members, and four from theindependent group of Dilawar Khan.

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