United opposition nominates Farooq Sattar for PM Slot
'Pakistan Times' Political Desk

ISLAMABAD: The united opposition on Sunday nominated Farooq Sattar of MQM as joint candidate for the slot of Prime Minister.

This was announced in a joint press conference of the United Opposition at the residence of PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who had hosted a reception in honour of the opposition leaders.

Chaudhry Pervez Ellahi was nominated as the joint parliamentary leader of the united opposition in the National Assembly, said Farooq Sattar while giving briefing to the newsmen.

PML-Q will nominate its candidate for slot of speaker National Assembly, Mr. Sattar said, adding that newly elected MNA of MQM Khush Bakhat Shujaat will be the joint candidate for the slot of the deputy speaker National Assembly.

Meanwhile, Leader and Quaid of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has vowed to render every sacrifice for Pakistan.

“I am ready to shed my last drop of blood for Pakistan homeland,” he said in a telephonic address from London to the meeting of united opposition, which held in Islamabad.

The nomination of MQM leader Farooq Sattar as joint candidate of the united opposition for the slot of Prime Minister marks the beginning of the elimination of feudal system in Pakistan, Altaf Hussain said.●