LAHORE – Shehbaz Sharif, the outgoing chief minister of Punjab, has proposed four names for the caretaker CM in response to utterly confused Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) nominations, opening doors for negotiations.
Sharif has listed former Naval chief Admiral (retd) Zakaullah, Justice (retd) Sair Ali, ex-director general Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan and former IG Punjab Tariq Dogar in fresh nominations.
The fresh names are being put forward by both sides after the PTI took back the name of Nasir Khosa, former principal secretary of Punjab, who had been named after the PML-N government and opposition reached a consensus.
On Friday, Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed, the former Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, pitched the name of industrialist Yaqoob Tahir Izhar besides former bureaucrat Orya Maqbool Jan in a meeting with Rana Iqbal, speaker assembly.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/pti-nominates-orya-maqbool-jan-yaqoob-tahir-izhar-for-caretaker-cm-punjab/
However, in a strange move, the PTI backtracked over the name of Jan by replacing the renowned columnist Ayaz Amir.
PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry tweeted three names for the said slot: Hassan Askari, Ayaz Amir and Yaqub Izhar.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/pti-suggests-nasir-durrani-hassan-askari-in-fresh-nominations-for-caretaker-cm-punjab/
Earlier on Thursday, the former opposition party put forth names of Nasir Durrani and Hassan Askari Rizvi for the said post, though the former excused himself from assuming the charge.
