Justice (retd) Zahid Hussain. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE
Earlier, the PPP had floated two names for the slot: Nawab of Bahawalpur Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi and Justice (retd) Arif Chaudhry.
Later on, a high-level delegation of the PPP visited the residence of Pakistan Muslim League -Quaid’s Punjab President where both agreed to unanimously announce the two names of Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa and Justice (retd) Hussain.
But when the party leader officially wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the PPP had picked Randhawa from PML-Q’s list and included two new names on its own – Asma Jahangir and Mian Aamir Mehmood.
On Tuesday, Asma expressed her unwillingness to accept the office of caretaker chief minister of Punjab.
PML-N had also added Jahangir’s name in its preliminary list of caretaker prime ministers but the PTI had strongly raised objections over her name.
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It's a sad indictment against politicians as even the politicians don't even trust themselves to do a job which requires neutrality and objectivety!
Judges are equally responsible for the mess Pakistan is currently in. How come all of a sudden they become saints, given their track record. PML-N has started a dangerous precedence, don't know where it will stop.
Everyone if thinking for their own benefit, all parties are bringing their people. If we go on like this we can never get new pakistan
Why retired judges or generals on care taker posts.......?????
Wow! isn't it a sign of brainless thinking for us as a nation. From 1958 to 2008, it was just generals and now from 2009 onward its only judges.What happened to dignitaries/ common people from other walks of life?? I hope Pakistani nation is not short of good / honest/ skilled people to lead us for just 60 days.