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Hamza Shehbaz appointed opposition leader in Punjab Assembly
September 06, 2018
LAHORE, Sept 06 (INP): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahbaz was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly on Thursday.
A written order was issued in this regard by Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi.
According to sources, Hamza's appointment had faced a delay after the Assembly Secretariat had received a complaint about forged signatures on the nomination papers.
[timed-content-server show="09/07/2018 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]After probing into the matter and ensuring that signatures were not forged, the Punjab Assembly speaker proceeded with Hamza's appointed, sources added. Hamza's father and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly. Last month, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Sardar Usman Buzdar defeated Hamza by 27 votes to get elected as chief minister of Punjab. INP/LK[/timed-content-server]Related Articles