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Treasury, opposition agree on Nasir Abbas as Senate opposition leader
- Govt, oppostion senators discuss matter in Senate, says Tarar.
- Zafar also wrote to Senate chairman about opposition leader.
- Says vacant post raising questions about parliamentary system.
The treasury and opposition benches have agreed on the name of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas as leader of the opposition in the Senate, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Barrister Ali Zafar said on Monday.
This development came a week after Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai was appointed leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.
Talking to the media, the PTI leader said Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and senators from the treasury and opposition benches had consulted on the appointment of the leader of the opposition in the Senate.
Confirming the development, Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said the MWM chief — an ally of the PTI — would be the opposition leader in the Senate, adding that a notification in this regard was being issued.
The post has been lying vacant since August last year, when then-opposition leader in the upper house of the parliament Shibli Faraz was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) following his conviction in cases related to riots on May 9, 2023.
The PTI parliamentary leader in the Senate, earlier, penned a letter to the Senate chairman, urging the appointment of a leader of the opposition in the upper house of the parliament.
The PTI leader told the Senate chairman that his party has nominated MWM chief for the post and urged that he be appointed as the opposition leader in the Senate without any delay.
Zafar said the office of the opposition leader was crucial in a parliamentary democracy, adding that the position was essential for effective governance, constitutional oversight and transparency in the parliamentary system.
The vacant post of leader of the opposition in the Senate is raising questions about the parliamentary system, the PTI leader added.
He noted that without a leader of the opposition, the House remained institutionally incomplete.
Colleen Hoover shared her first update after her cancer diagnosis made headlines, raising alarm among fans all across the globe.
The 46-year-old writer took to Facebook on Friday, January 16, and shared her current health status, writing, “Just clarification because of some misleading clickbait making it sound like I’m on my deathbed or something, but I do not have cancer anymore. I was diagnosed sometime last year.”
The It Ends With Us author explained that she had a surgery following her diagnosis, which was fortunately successfull and finished radiation just a day earlier.
Hoover concluded, “I am done and good and all is well and has been well. My doctors doctored. Hell yeah.”
The health update comes after her Facebook post from December concerned fans in which she shared that she had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer.
The Regretting You author shared that the cancer diagnosis became the major reason she had to scale back on her public appearances, thus missing out on her movie premieres and other personal commitments.
While Hoover shared that she has been lucky to have recovered so quickly, she has also limited her social media presence ever since the legal drama started between the It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
The author has made it clear that she has nothing to do with the drama, and it has been a cause of stress for her and her family.
Billy Bob Thornton joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the second season of the hit series “Landman,” which he stars in as oil executive Tommy Norris. Thornton talks about his immediate chemistry with Ali Larter and why the show resonates with viewers.
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Several people were killed in a blast in the Afghan capital Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw area, the Taliban interior ministry said on Monday.
“According to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured,” Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters, adding that details would be released later.
The Shahr-e-Naw area is home to foreigners and is considered one of the most secure areas in Kabul.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
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