Khurshid Shah said they were unaware that Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar will be appointed as caretaker Prime Minister. PPP had finalized five names which included Saleem Abbas, Jalil Abbas, Muhammad Malik and Afzal Khan from KP, he added.
Meanwhile, no name has been finalized yet for the appointment of the caretaker chief minister. According to sources, the first round of talks between JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal was held in Islamabad on Friday.
“As provided in Article 224 (1A) of the Constitution of Pakistan, the Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly may propose a suitable person for the appointment of care-taker Prime Minister not later than 12th August,” said President Alvi in the letter to
This comes a day after the premature dissolution of the National Assembly, PM Shehbaz met the outgoing leader of the Opposition in the NA Raja Riaz to exchange a list of probable candidates for the covered slot as formal consultation on the matter kicked off.
Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Friday asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and outgoing Leader of the Opposition Raja Riaz to propose the name of caretaker premier by tomorrow, Dawn reported.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan Muslim League(N) and his brother Nawaz Sharif is all set to make a comeback next month and will lead the election campaign of his party.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will lead large-scale processions in the nation's capital, Dhaka, on Friday afternoon as part of their one-point simultaneous movement to compel the government to resign and hold the following election under a non-party caretaker government, according t
PM Sharif had invited the leader of the opposition for consultation regarding the appointment of the caretaker Prime Minister as per provisions of the Constitution.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa interim Information Minister Feroze Jamal on Thursday said that 19 members of the caretaker cabinet, including him have tendered their resignations.
A day after the Pakistan National Assembly was dissolved, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif will return to the country next month and face the law, Geo News reported.