ISLAMABAD: Amid mounting criticism over the delay in opposition lea­­der’s appointment, the National Assembly Secre­tariat has sent a letter to PTI chief whip Malik Aamir Dogar, seeking det­ails about the status of cas­es concerning Omar Ayub.

The letter says that the provision of the details in writing is necessary for the completion of the process for the appointment of an opposition leader in the lower house of parliament.

Mr Ayub, who had been the opposition leader in the Senate until his disqualification in August by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in connection with his conviction in the May 9 cases, had challenged in the Su­­preme Court his de-seating by the electoral body.

The letter dated Dec 5 written to Mr Dogar stated that the opposition had mentioned in parliament that Mr Ayub’s cases were not sub judice.

“However, this fact was not conveyed to the secretariat in writing,” the letter said, requesting that the current status of the cases in which the secretariat had been made a party be communicated to it in writing for the completion of the “prescribed process of the declaration of leader of the opposition in the NA”.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2025