Bilawal or Khursheed? Confusion persists about the PPP's future opposition leader in NA
Till Wednesday, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was quick to rubbish media reports suggesting that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari would replace veteran politician Khursheed Shah as the party's leader of the opposition in the National Assembly once he is elected as a member of parliament.
Confusion was created, however, as Shah, in a Wednesday night interview on DawnNews show News Eye, said Bilawal's role as party chairperson meant he would 'naturally' take up the mantle as opposition leader after being elected to the lower house.
When asked whether the next opposition leader would be Bilawal, Shah replied: "Naturally, he is the party chairman, so he will become the opposition leader."
He clarified his statement saying that this decision was not one made by his party, but reflected his own desire to step down as opposition leader when Bilawal became an MNA.