ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Shibli Faraz has been appointed the new opposition leader in the Senate.
Former prime minister and founding chairman PTI Imran Khan had nominated Faraz for the position last week. He is taken the role with the endorsement of 21 party senators.
According to a notification issued by the Senate Secretariat on Monday, Faraz was appointed under Rule 16 (3) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012. He has been a member of the House since 2015.
Faraz served as party information minister during the PTI government. His appointment comes after the Senate was left dysfunctional for at least three weeks, as 52 lawmakers retired on the night of March 12 and elections to fill the vacant seats took place on April 2.
