PPP leader Raja Riaz has become opposition leader in Punjab Assembly and the PML-Q's Chaudhry Zaheeruddin resigned from the same seat on Wednesday. The PPP members submitted application to the speaker for their sitting on opposition benches and to make Raja Riaz an opposition leader during the session.
The Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Iqbal announced that Raja Riaz would be new opposition leader, adding that Chaudhry Zaheeruddin resigned from the same seat. Talking to media, Iqbal said that if Dr Tahir Ali Javaid and his companions wanted to vote for PML-N in crucial situation then there would be no constitutional barriers. Meanwhile, Raja Riaz said that his party will resist horse trading in Punjab Assembly.