Pervaiz Elahi resigns as Opposition Leader

“Those who have applied for the slot of opposition leader should enjoy the privileges of opposition as well as government side,” he added.

PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain called for immediate summoning of a joint session of the Parliament to devise a national consensus over strategic national issues, including external threats.

“The country is facing numerous external threats, therefore, we need to forge unity amongst our ranks, rising above all petty personal and parochial interests,” he added.

Flanked by PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed and Secretary Information Tariq Azeem, Shujaat said the politicians should get rid of personal egos playing with the galleries. “We should adopt a national approach and evolve national consensus. We are against adopting any anti-democratic tactics to destabilise the Punjab government. We are in touch with PML-N and Governor Punjab at the same time,” he said.