Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)


The Leader of the Opposition, is the people's elected politician who, by law, is the leader of the Official Opposition in Pakistan. The Leader of the Opposition also leads the Official Opposition to the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of Parliament of Pakistan. The Leader of the Opposition is normally the leader of the largest party not within the government which is usually the second largest political party in the National Assembly. In established democracies he or she is normally viewed as an alternative Prime Minister. There is also a Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, who is elected / nominated separately by the opposition members of the Senate of Pakistan. The current Leader of the Opposition is Shehbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League following the 2018 Pakistani general election in which Imran Khan was successful in forming a coalition government.

National Assembly

A list of the leaders of the Opposition before and according to the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan;
Leaders of the OppositionStarting termEnding termPolitical affiliationPolitical ideology
AFatima Jinnah1 January 19609 July 1967IndependentPakistani nationalism
BNurul Amin9 July 19677 December 1970Pakistan Muslim LeaguePakistani nationalism
1Khan Abdul Wali Khan14 April 197217 August 1975National Awami PartyDemocratic socialism
2Sherbaz Khan Mazari17 August 19755 July 1977Pakistan National AllianceIslamism
3Fakhar Imam24 March 198529 May 1988Pakistan Muslim LeagueNational conservatism
Khan Abdul Wali Khan2 December 19886 August 1990National Awami PartyDemocratic socialism
4Benazir Bhutto6 November 199018 July 1993Pakistan Peoples PartyDemocratic socialism
5Nawaz Sharif19 October 19935 November 1996Pakistan Muslim League Pakistani conservatism
Benazir Bhutto17 February 199712 October 1999Pakistan Peoples PartyDemocratic socialism
6Fazal-ur-Rehman25 March 200415 November 2007United Council of ActionReligious conservatism
7Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi10 April 200816 September 2008Pakistan Muslim League Conservatism
8Nisar Ali Khan17 September 20087 June 2013Pakistan Muslim League Pakistani conservatism
9Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah7 June 201331 May 2018Pakistan Peoples PartyDemocratic socialism
10Shehbaz Sharif20 August 2018IncumbentPakistan Muslim League Pakistani conservatism