PPP's Chaudhry Manzoor (left), Nayyar Bukhari (centre) and Qamar Zaman Kaira (right) address media in Islamabad. 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leaders expressed suspicion over Muttahida Qaumi Movement wanting to stand in opposition, saying the latter party might have been pushed for the move.

The PPP leaders spoke to the media after a party meeting in Islamabad, discussing the issue that has recently surfaced of MQM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wanting to remove PPP?s Khursheed Shah as leader of the opposition.

?We are confident to retain Khursheed Shah as the opposition leader since we have the required support,? PPP?s Nayyar Bukhari while addressing the media on Friday. ?If anyone wants to replace the opposition leader they may fulfil their desire.?

Also present on the occasion, PPP Central Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira said the party trusted Shah and that no one can get the required support over their wish.?Our allies are with us.?

He added they have a strategy over the selection of opposition leader that they cannot share.

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

Recently, MQM-P and PTI joined hands to change leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, when heads of both the parties met in Karachi.

During the meeting, PTI?s Shah Mehmood Qureshi and MQM-P?s Farooq Sattar expressed dissatisfaction with Shah and agreed on consulting other parties in the opposition over the matter.