File photo of MQM leader Farooq Sattar. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
Husain is currently the dean and director of the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, the oldest business school in Asia.
Justice Nasir has been a robust defender of people’s rights and one of the most respected names of the country’s superior judiciary.
MQM leader, Farooq Sattar wrote a letter to opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar to confirm the nominations.
Read full profiles of the candidates here.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominated former finance minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Dr Ishrat Husain and Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khosa, who hails from Balochistan, for interim prime minister.
The Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) has nominated Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid and Justice (retd) Shakirullah Jan, and Rasul Bakhsh Palejo, a veteran Sindhi politician.
Caretaker Sindh chief minister
Having taken up their seats on the opposition benches in the Sindh Assembly, the MQM presented its five nominees for Sindh caretaker chief minister.
The Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Syed Sardar Ahmed revealed the nominees during a press conference.
The names were of Muneeb Ahmad Khan, Justice (retd) Ghaux Muhammad, Habibur Rehman, Nasir Aslam Zahid and Mehmood Alam Rizvi.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominated, Justice retired Deedar Hussain and Justice retired Hamid Mirza, for the care taker chief minister.
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@mujahid: hey bro, it seems either you know nothing about him or you are a kid. Tribune teams should have filters for that.
@abcde: Brother MQM matters as they have their one vote in 8 membered parliamentary committee. It can make or break for anyone. So they decide! If they give their one vote to PPP then they win otherwise if they keep their vote with PMLN then it would be 4-4 tied so they are pretty important at both federal and provincial level
Good step from MQM. Hatts off to u again.
Who cares? MQM doesn't matter when it comes to picking the interim PM. The leader of the opposition is from PMLM. That's the only person who matters. They should know this because its exactly what they did by joining the opposition benches in the Sindh Assembly.
Who is even listening to these ppl???
Looks like Justice(r) Nasir Aslam sahib is the most credible/non-controversial person for caretaker PM. Dr Ishrat Hussain sahib is also good but he had affiliations with Musharraf and World Bank in the past.
I can work better with Dr. Ishrat Hussain in the interim government.
please wait.. there will be a U-Turn.. coming shortly from MQM.
The only reason because both are urdu speaking.
@Asif your choice will have similar traits and performance like sitting CM of Sindh - all time happy and not concerned with what happens around; not his fault but irony of nature in depriving him from IQ and wisdom by default. Grow up bro and come out from this nationalism - you need a representative of Pakistan not of some taluka or district that every one fits in.
@alphabravocharlie
Neither you or I have any say on this. So save your breath.
Dr. Ishrat Hussain would be the best choice for PK! One person who turned around the economy of PK & kept dollar rupee parity rate at Rs.62 for 8 years.
MQM has tried to maintain and build good relations with two main parties i.e. PPP and PML(N) by nominating one each from list of PPP and PML (N) list.
Both candidates are also my prefered choice. Let us give credit to MQM for recomending these two names
Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khosa .... my choice...