| Post: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Body: | Pakistan |
| Insignia: | Emblem of National Assembly of Pakistan.png |
| Incumbent: | Omar Ayub Khan |
| Member Of: | National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Reports To: | Parliament of Pakistan |
| Incumbentsince: | 2 April 2024 |
| Term Length: | While leader of the largest political party in the National Assembly that is not in government |
| First: | Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy |
| Style: | The Honorable (formal) Leader of the Opposition (spoken) |
| Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Pakistan |
| Formation: | 7 July 1955, 63 years ago |
The Leader of the Opposition (Urdu: قائد حزب اختلاف) is the people's elected politician who is, by law, the leader of the Official Opposition in Pakistan. The Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest political party in the National Assembly that is not in government. This is usually the leader of the second-largest political party in the National Assembly.
The leader of the opposition is normally viewed as an alternative Prime Minister. There is also a Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, who is elected / nominated separately by the opposition members of the Senate of Pakistan.
A list of the leaders of the Opposition before and according to the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan;
| Leaders of the Opposition | Portrait | Starting term | Ending term | Political affiliation | Political ideology | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 January 1960 | 9 July 1967 | Pakistani nationalism | ||||
| B | 9 July 1967 | 7 December 1970 | Pakistani nationalism | ||||
| 1 | 14 April 1972 | 17 August 1975 | National Awami Party | Democratic socialism | |||
| 2 | Mufti Mehmood[1] | 17 August 1975 | 5 July 1977 | Islamism | |||
| 3 | 24 March 1985 | 29 May 1988 | |||||
| (1) | 2 December 1988 | 6 August 1990 | Awami National Party | Democratic socialism | |||
| 4 | 6 November 1990 | 18 July 1993 | Democratic socialism | ||||
| 5 | 19 October 1993 | 5 November 1996 | Pakistani conservatism | ||||
| (4) | 17 February 1997 | 12 October 1999 | Democratic socialism | ||||
| 6 | Fazal-ur-Rehman[2] | 25 March 2004 | 15 November 2007 | Religious conservatism | |||
| 7 | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi[3] | 10 April 2008 | 16 September 2008 | Conservatism | |||
| 8 | Nisar Ali Khan[4] | 17 September 2008 | 7 June 2013 | Pakistani conservatism | |||
| 9 | Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah[5] | 7 June 2013 | 31 May 2018 | Democratic socialism | |||
| 10 | Shehbaz Sharif[6] | 20 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | Pakistani conservatism | |||
| 11 | Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan[7] | 20 May 2022 | 10 August 2023 | Welfarism | |||
| 12 | Omar Ayub Khan[8] | 2 April 2024 | Incumbent | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Anti-corruption |