N, JI, Q’s likeminded Senators stage walk out over Haideri

Senators Ishaq Dar, Abul Rahim Mandokhel, Professor Khursheed, Pervez Rasheed and Raja Zafarul Haq staged a walk out from the session.— File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz, Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (likeminded) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Tuesday staged a walk out from the Senate session in protest against the nomination of Abdul Ghafoor Haideri of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F (JUI-F) as Leader of the Opposition.
Senators Ishaq Dar, Abul Rahim Mandokhel, Professor Khursheed, Pervez Rasheed and Raja Zafarul Haq staged a walk out from the session.
JUI-F Secretary General Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri was appointed as the new opposition leader by Senate Chairman Farooq H. Naek on Monday and hours before the start of the general debate on the federal budget for the next financial year.
Immediately after the appointment, opposition members belonging to all other parties lodged a strong protest, disrupting the proceedings.