Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja Riaz will meet once again on Friday to discuss the names for the caretaker PM.
The formal round of conversation over the name of Pakistan's caretaker PM between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja Riaz concluded on Thursday.
Pakistan's outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's meeting with the leader of the opposition Raja Riaz is set to take place on Thursday, as the process to appoint a caretaker PM enters its final phase, ARY News reported citing sources.
The risks attached to the International Monetary Fund's billion Standby Arrangement (SBA) program will increase as the tenure of caretaker can be extended after the approval of the digital census.
This comes after PM Shehbaz Sharif advised Pakistan's President to dissolve the National Assembly today. The Pakistan government will enter a caretaker setup today, paving the way for polls to be held within the next 90 days.
While the PM denied the finalisation of any names, Dawn, citing sources, has reported that the ruling coalition seems to have evolved a consensus on the name for the caretaker prime minister’s slot but is keeping their identity a secret, ostensibly to save the nominee from controversy.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday revealed that former finance minister Hafeez Shaikh is also shortlisted for the post of Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister, Pakistan-based Geo News reported.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi and independent lawmaker from Balochistan Aslam Bhootani among others are being considered for the position of country's caretaker Prime Minister.
The facilities in Changkhyi Conservation Centre include grooming, a kitchen, a store, an office, toilets, two units of caretaker’s house, a main dog cannel, and treatment and surgery rooms.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, both, refused the reports and said that the candidate for the interim prime minister has not been decided yet.