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Sherry Rehman Appointed as Opposition Leader in Senate

Islamabad (March 22, 2018): The Pakistan People’s Party candidate Sherry Rehman appointed as opposition leader in Senate on Thursday.

Sherry Rehman is the first female in Pakistan to hold the position.

The notification of her appointment as opposition leader in Senate has been issued.

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The chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto, Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, opposition leader in National Assembly Khursheed Shah and other party leaders felicitated her congratulation for her appointment as opposition leader in Senate.

PPP, after getting its candidates elected as Senate chairman and deputy chairman — Sadiq Sanjrani and Saleem Mandviwalla, respectively — has now occupied the office of the opposition leader with the support of 34 members. Rehman is the party’s seventh opposition leader in the Senate.

After being elected, Rehman thanked her party’s leadership and its allies for supporting her. She vowed to cooperate with all opposition parties in Senate going forward and to make the upper house more effective and active.

“We will play our role in making the government answerable,” she said, adding that the opposition will make efforts to strengthen the federation.

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