The announcement was made by PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry in a tweet from his official Twitter account.
First 100 days: Arif Alvi PTI nominee for President
PTI has nominated Dr Arif Alvi as its candidate for President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan #PTI
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 18, 2018
Earlier, sources claimed that the name of Alvi had been finalised as the next president of Pakistan. while PTI vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi is set to be given the foreign affairs ministry.
Arif Alvi tipped to be next President
PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry had also said that the party was holding consultations to finalise the next cabinet and the announcement to this effect would be made within next three days.
The party on Thursday nominated former provincial information minister Shah Farman for the slot of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) governor.
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