PPP names Asma Jahangir among nominees for caretaker Punjab CM
Nomination consists of Asma Jehangir, Amir Mehmood and Hafeez Akhtar.
Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
LAHORE:
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) submitted three nominations for the position of caretaker Punjab chief minister on Monday, reported Express News.
Leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz confirmed that the three names have bee proposed in a letter sent to Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif.
The nomination consists of former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir, Amir Mehmood and Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa.
Earlier, PPP’s nominees for caretaker prime minister were Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Dr Ishrat Hussain and Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh.
No consensus has been reached over a caretaker set-up and the party has claimed the opposition’s nominees are biased towards it.
Correction: An earlier version of the article failed to mention that PPP’s earlier nominees were for caretaker PM. The error has been rectified.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) submitted three nominations for the position of caretaker Punjab chief minister on Monday, reported Express News.
Leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz confirmed that the three names have bee proposed in a letter sent to Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif.
The nomination consists of former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir, Amir Mehmood and Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa.
Earlier, PPP’s nominees for caretaker prime minister were Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Dr Ishrat Hussain and Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh.
No consensus has been reached over a caretaker set-up and the party has claimed the opposition’s nominees are biased towards it.
Correction: An earlier version of the article failed to mention that PPP’s earlier nominees were for caretaker PM. The error has been rectified.