ISLAMABAD: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)  and Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) have decided on the opposition leader in the National Assembly.

It has been decided to make Umar Ayub, who is likely to be backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the leader of the opposition. Umar Ayub is also the Central General Secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.

It should be noted that during the special session of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister was elected in the President of the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the Prime Minister.

Shahbaz Sharif got 201 votes from National Assembly members and his opponent Umar Ayub, candidate of PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council, got 92 votes.

For the Leader of the House in the National Assembly, the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got the support of the Pakistan People’s Party, Balochistan Awami Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan, and Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, while Umar Ayub was the candidate for the Prime Ministership from the Sunni Ittehad Council.

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Earlier, Criticizing the ruling coalition in the National Assembly, Omar Ayub Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for Prime Minister’s slot and lawmaker from Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), referred to newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as a creation of Form 47, a document detailing unofficial results of a constituency.

PTI alleged that their mandate was stolen in the February 8 general elections, citing alterations in Form 47s.