F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: The rifts in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was emerged over the nomination of Shah Mehmood Qureshi for the slot of opposition leader in the National Assembly as several MNAs raised questions over Qureshi nomination for replacing Khursheed Shah as opposition leader.
The PTI started recently started consultation with opposition parties to change the opposition leader in the National Assembly and asked their favor for electing PTI candidate for the slot.
PTI announced Shah Mehmood Qureshi as its candidate for the slot of opposition leader and in the Qureshi leadership delegation visited MQM-P headquarters to discuss the issue and later they were agreed to bring another candidate and replace Syed Khursheed Shah as opposition leader.
But the announcement of Shah Mehmood Qureshi brings rifts among the PTI ranks and it was reported that a group of Jehangir Tareen opposed the decision and demanded that Imran Khan needs to be opposition leader. Not only the nomination of Qureshi angered the MNAs, MNA Ali Muhammad Khan expressed his opposition over Qureshi nomination.
The rift over the Qureshi nomination forces Imran Khan to call a immediately meeting of the top leadership and take them into confidence.
