Jailed PTI Leaders Demand Senate Opposition Leader, Back Raja Nasir Abbas

Overview

• Senior PTI figures held at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail urged the immediate appointment of a Senate opposition leader and nominated MWM chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas.
• In a joint letter, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed and Umar Sarfraz Cheema congratulated Mehmood Khan Achakzai on becoming opposition leader in the National Assembly after months of delay.
• The incarcerated leaders said the appointments should help restore democracy, uphold the rule of law and judicial supremacy, and address a four-year political and economic crisis.
• The letter was shared with the media by their counsel, Rana Mudassir, underscoring PTI’s continued coordination from prison.
• Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said the Senate opposition post will be filled once procedural hurdles are cleared, noting the chairman’s current role as acting president and that Sherry Rehman chaired a recent meeting.