Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)

The Leader of the Opposition (Urdu: قائد حزب اختلاف), is the people's elected politician who, by law, is the leader of the Official Opposition in Pakistan. The Leader of the Opposition also leads the Official Opposition to National Assembly of Pakistan, a lower house of Pakistan Parliament. The Leader of the Opposition is normally the leader of the largest party not within the government which is usually the second largest political party in the National Assembly. In established democracies he or she is normally viewed as an alternative Prime Minister. There is also a Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, who is elected / nominated separately.

National Assembly

A list of the leaders of the Opposition before and according to the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan;

Numerical listLeaders of the OppositionStarting termEnding termPolitical affiliationPolitical ideology
A Fatima Jinnah1 January 19609 July 1967IndependentPan-Islamism, Pakistani nationalism
B Nurul Amin9 July 19677 December 1970Pakistan Muslim LeaguePakistani nationalism
1 Khan Abdul Wali Khan14 April 197217 August 1975National Awami PartyDemocratic socialism
2 Sherbaz Khan Mazari17 August 19755 July 1977Pakistan National AllianceSecularism
3 Fakhar Imam24 March 198529 May 1988Pakistan Muslim LeagueNational conservatism
(1) Khan Abdul Wali Khan2 December 19886 August 1990National Awami PartyDemocratic socialism
4 Benazir Bhutto6 November 199018 April 1993Pakistan Peoples PartyDemocratic socialism
5 Nawaz Sharif19 October 19935 November 1996Pakistan Muslim League (N)Western conservatism
(4) Benazir Bhutto6 November 199618 April 1999Pakistan Peoples PartyDemocratic socialism
6 Fazal-ur-Rehman20 August 200425 March 2008United Council of ActionReligious conservatism
7 Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi25 March 200817 September 2008Pakistan Muslim League (Q)Conservatism
8 Nisar Ali Khan17 September 20087 June 2013Pakistan Muslim League (N)Western conservatism
9 Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah7 June 201331 May 2018Pakistan Peoples PartyDemocratic socialism
8 Shehbaz Sharif20 August 2018Pakistan Muslim League (N)Western conservatism

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