KARACHI: Rana Ansar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan elected leader of opposition in Sindh Assembly (SA) replacing PTI's Haleem Adil Shaikh. Rana Ansar bagged 39 members' support from 69 opposition members, including 20 MQM-P, 10 GDA members and nine PTI dissidents.

Sindh Assembly's Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani while felicitating new opposition leader said, "You are first woman who has been elected as leader of this House".

New opposition leader thanked party and Speaker Sindh Assembly. "Woman feels agony of Sindh. People of Sindh have elected me to this house, we have required water, gas and infrastructure", she said. MQM-P had submitted request in provincial legislature for change of opposition leader in House and nominated Rana Ansar for office.

MQM-P lawmakers filed her nomination to Sindh Assembly Secretariat after getting signatures of lawmakers. Application was filed in PA Secretariat by MQM-P's Farooq Sattar, Nasreen Jalil, Rana Ansar and others.

Talking to journalists Farooq Sattar said that opposition leader and other lawmakers of his party were not attending provincial assembly. There is need to fill this gap in Sindh Assembly to represent opposition benches, he added.

Farooq Sattar said that leader and opposition leader have to decide about caretaker Chief Minister. He added that MQM-P has full confidence in Rana Ansar who is also party's parliamentary leader.