Qureshi wants to replace Imran: Khursheed Shah

KARACHI: Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi wants to replace party chief Imran Khan, in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Shah remarked: “Shah Mehmood Qureshi is not targeting my position rather he wants to sideline Imran Khan.”

“How can anyone ask for a bigger post than this party head?” Shah asked and shared “When Bilawal announced to become a part of the National Assembly, I said that Bilawal should become the opposition leader.”

If Shah Mehmood Qureshi becomes the opposition leader then it will be a huge conspiracy against Imran, he added. “I have been saying time and again that a conspiracy is being hatched against Imran and not me.”

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Speaking on whether he is nervous about his current post, he said “I am not worried, I believe in democracy. Imran should be worried about himself.”

He also demanded that PTI should be open about their reasons for wanting to change the opposition leader. People they [PTI] have gone to ask for votes have also questioned PTI’s decision, remarked Shah.

PTI leaders talk about democracy but are not willing to accept Pakistan People Party’s majority, Shah added.

Don't understand move to challenge opposition leader: Shah 

Shah, while speaking on Geo News programme Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Sath, reiterated his earlier claims and said that he doesn't understand PTI's decision to challenge opposition leader. 

He remarked that PTI leaders are trying to fulfill some other agenda through this move. "The matter pertains to PTI's internal war." Qureshi is trying to think of all the ways he can push Imran Khan back in the party politics, he added. 

On Tuesday, a delegation of PTI, including Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Firdous Shamim among others, met with the leaders of Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan.

According to sources, the leaders of the two parties mulled over the possibility of replacing Pakistan Peoples Party stalwart Khursheed Shah as the leader of opposition in the National Assembly, before the caretaker government steps in ahead of 2018 General Elections.

PTI discusses new NA opposition leader prospect with MQM-Pakistan

The leaders of the two parties mulled over the possibility of replacing Khursheed Shah with Shah Mehmood Qureshi

Reports suggest that PTI has started making efforts to replace the opposition leader with its own senior member, Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

The caretaker government is set up in consultation between the opposition and the present government.

PTI officials said if all the opposition parties unite against the PPP then a new opposition leader can emerge in the Lower House of Parliament.