Chaudhry Zaheeruddin resigns from Punjab Assembly

PML-Q leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin resigns as leader of opposition in the provincial assembly.

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin resigned as leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday.

Zaheeruddin’s decision comes after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ousted the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the provincial government.

The PML-Q leader said that the PPP had the right to nominate its own opposition leader in the house.

Zaheeruddin said he had informed the assembly’s speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal about his resignation.

Meanwhile, Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz submitted an application to the speaker to allot opposition benches to the PPP ministers.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) last week expelled the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the Punjab government, after Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa approved the removal of PPP ministers from the provincial cabinet.