Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)

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The leader of the opposition (Urdu: قائد حزب اختلاف) is the people's elected politician who is, by law, the leader of the Official Opposition in Pakistan. The leader of the opposition is the leader of the largest political party in the National Assembly that is not in government. This is usually the leader of the second-largest political party in the National Assembly.

The leader of the opposition is normally viewed as an alternative Prime Minister. There is also a leader of the opposition in the Senate, who is elected / nominated separately by the opposition members of the Senate of Pakistan.

Powers of the opposition leader

The leader of opposition has constitutional authority to consult with the elected prime minister for appointment of a caretaker prime minister. A caretaker prime minister is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and opposition leader.

They have constitutional authority to consult with the prime minister for appointment of the chief election commissioner and members of Election Commission of Pakistan. The president appoints the chief election commissioner and members after consultation with the opposition leader and prime minister.

The chairman of the National Accountability Bureau is appointed after consultation between the prime minister and opposition leader.

They also recommend names of two members of the National Assembly as members of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan from opposition benches for appointment of judges of Supreme Court, High Courts and Federal Shariat Court.

List

A list of the leaders of the opposition before and according to the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.[1]

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  Independent

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  Pakistan Muslim League (N)

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  Pakistan Peoples Party

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  National Awami Party

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  Awami National Party

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  Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

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  Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)

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  Pakistan National Alliance

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  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Leaders of the Opposition Portrait Starting term Ending term Political affiliation Political ideology
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 1 Kiran Shankar Roy File:Kiran Shankar Roy.jpg 9 August 1947 22 January 1948 PNC Secularism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 2 Dhirendranath Datta File:Dhirendranath datta.jpg 23 January 1948 6 July 1955 PNC Secularism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 3 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy File:H S Suhrawardy PM.jpg 7 July 1955 11 September 1956 AL Islamic socialism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 4 I. I. Chundrigar File:Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar.jpg 16 December 1957 1 October 1958 PML Pakistani nationalism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 5 Sardar Bahadur Khan 8 June 1962 21 August 1964 NDF Islamic democracy
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 6 Nurul Amin File:Nurul amin.jpg 12 June 1965 25 March 1969 NDF Islamic democracy
7 Khan Abdul Wali Khan File:Abdul Wali Khan (cropped).jpg 14 April 1972 17 August 1975 NAP Democratic socialism
8 Mufti Mehmood[1] 17 August 1975 5 July 1977 PNA Islamism
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | 9 Syed Fakhar Imam File:Fakhar Imam (cropped).jpg 24 March 1985 29 May 1988 PML(F) National conservatism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | (7) Khan Abdul Wali Khan File:Abdul Wali Khan (cropped).jpg 2 December 1988 6 August 1990 ANP Democratic socialism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 10 Benazir Bhutto File:Benazir Bhutto.jpg 6 November 1990 18 July 1993 PPP Democratic socialism
11 Nawaz Sharif File:PrimeMinisterNawazSharif.jpg 19 October 1993 5 November 1996 PMLN Pakistani conservatism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | (10) Benazir Bhutto File:Benazir Bhutto.jpg 17 February 1997 12 October 1999 PPP Democratic socialism
12 Fazal-ur-Rehman[2] File:Fazl-ur-Rehman (30287690872) (cropped).jpg 25 March 2004 15 November 2007 JUI (F) Religious conservatism
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | 13 Parvez Elahi[3] File:Nambardar Zafar Iqbal with Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (cropped).jpg 10 April 2008 16 September 2008 PML(Q) Conservatism
14 Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan[4] File:Nisar Ali Khan 1.jpeg 17 September 2008 7 June 2013 PMLN Pakistani conservatism
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | 15 Khurshid Shah[5] File:Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah 2.jpg 7 June 2013 31 May 2018 PPP Democratic socialism
16 Shehbaz Sharif[6] File:CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif (35771007583).jpg 20 August 2018 10 April 2022 PMLN Pakistani conservatism
17 Raja Riaz[7] 20 May 2022 10 August 2023 PTI Welfarism
18 Omar Ayub[8] File:Omar Ayub Khan.jpg 2 April 2024 Incumbent PTI Anti-corruption

See also

References

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