| Post: | Leader of the Opposition of Punjab |
| Member Of: | Provincial Assembly of Punjab |
| Reports To: | Provincial Assembly of Punjab |
| Incumbent: | Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar |
| Termlength: | While leader of the largest political party in the Provincial Assembly that is not in government |
| First: | Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot |
| Style: | The Honorable (formal) Leader of the Opposition (spoken) |
| Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Pakistan |
| Formation: | 7 May 1951 |
| Incumbentsince: | 20 March 2024 |
| Flag: | Flag of Punjab.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 110px |
| Insignia: | File:Coat of arms of Punjab.svg |
The Leader of the Opposition of Punjab (Urdu: قائد حزب اختلاف پنجاب), is an elected politician who is, by Pakistani law, the leader of the Official Opposition in the Province of Punjab. The Leader of the Opposition leads the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. The Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest political party in the Provincial Assembly that is not in government. This is usually the leader of the second-largest political party in the Provincial Assembly.
| Name | Portrait | Tenure | Party | Assembly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before independence | ||||||||
| 1 | Gopi Chand Bhargava | 5 April 1937 | 1940 | Indian National Congress | 1st | |||
| 2 | Bhim Sen Sachar | 1940 | 5 February 1945 | |||||
| - | Vacant | 5 February 1945 | 21 March 1946 | - | - | |||
| 3 | Iftikhar Hussain Khan | 21 March 1946 | 2 March 1947 | All-India Muslim League | 2nd | |||
| - | Vacant | 2 March 1947 | 15 August 1947 | - | - | |||
| Order | Leader of the Opposition Punjab | Party | Time Duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot | align=center style="background-color:" | Jinnah Muslim League | 7 May 1951 – 9 December 1952 | |||
| 2 | Mian Abdul Bari Arain | align=center style="background-color: | — | 9 December 1952 - 14 October 1955 | |||
| 3 | Sardar Bahadur Khan | align=center style="background-color: | — | 20 May 1956 - 7 October 1958 | |||
| 4 | Khawaja Muhammad Safdar | align=center style="background-color: | — | 6 December 1962 - 8 June 1965 | |||
| 5 | Khawaja Muhammad Safdar | align=center style="background-color: | — | 9 June 1965 - 25 March 1969 | |||
| 6 | Allama Rehmatullah Arshad | align=center style="background-color: | — | 3 May 1972 - 17 November 1975 | |||
| 7 | Chaudhry Talib Hussain | align=center style="background-color: | — | 17 November 1975 - 13 January 1977 | |||
| 8 | Sardarzada Zaffar Abbas Syed | align=center style="background-color: | — | 6 June 1977 - 5 July 1977 | |||
| 9 | Makhdoom Hasan Mahmood[1] | align=center style="background-color: | — | February 1986 - 26 August 1986 | |||
| 10 | Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat | align=center style="background-color: " | — | 4 October 1986 - 30 May 1988 | |||
| 11 | Farooq Leghari | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan People's Party | 2 December 1988 - 26 December 1988 | |||
| 12 | Rana Shaukat Mehmood | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan People's Party | 27 December 1988 - 6 August 1990 | |||
| 13 | Rana Ikram Rabbani | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan People's Party | 7 November 1990 - 28 June 1993 | |||
| 14 | Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, (Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, Acting Leader of Opposition from 1993 to 1996) | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | October 1993 - 17 November 1996 | |||
| 15 | Saeed Ahmed Khan | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) | 30 June 1997 - 12 October 1999 | |||
| 15 | Qasim Zia | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan People's Party | 2002 - 2007 | |||
| 16 | Chaudhry Zaheer Ud Din | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | March 2007 - March 2011 | |||
| 17 | Raja Riaz | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan People's Party | 2008 - 2013 | |||
| 18 | Mehmood-ur-Rasheed | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 2013 - 2018 | |||
| 19 | Hamza Shehbaz Sharif[2] | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 6 September 2018 - 16 April 2022 | |||
| 20 | Sibtain Khan[3] | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 13 June 2022 - 27 July 2022 | |||
| 21 | Hamza Shehbaz Sharif | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 20 October 2022 - 14 January 2023 | |||
| 22 | Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar[4] | align=center style="background-color: " | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 20 March 2024 - Present | |||