News Desk:Â
Former Prime Minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani resigned as opposition leader in the Senate. He made this announcement during his speech in the upper house on Monday evening.
Gilani was among at least eight opposition senators who had skipped last Friday’s Senate session, which allowed the PTI government to narrowly manage to get the crucial State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill passed from the opposition-controlled house — a development that had raised many eyebrows.
In an indirect reference to his absence from Friday’s session, Gilani said “some turncoats” were accusing him of helping the government.
“I am not astonished by the harsh words from my opponents, but I am astonished by the silence of my well-wishers,” he said.
