LAHORE – Confusion surrounded the list of candidates suggested by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the caretaker chief minister of Punjab on Friday.
After former opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Mehmood-ur-Rasheed presented the names of Orya Maqbool Jan, Yaqub Izhar, and Hassan Askari, party spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry later took to twitter to announce the candidates proposed as caretaker CM which did not include Orya’s name.
However, paparazzi noted that a man standing beside Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was laughing when he was announcing the name of Orya Maqbool Jan as caretaker chief minister of Punjab. The PTI also had faced backlash for the decision as its second nominee, former Inspector-General (IG) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Nasir Durrani refused the position.
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While announcing the candidates earlier today, Rasheed said the party had earlier suggested Professor Hasan Askari’s name and two new names were proposed by the party today.
“Two new names, Orya Maqbool Jan and Yaqub Tahir Izhar — CEO of Izhar Construction — have been suggested from our side,” he had said while addressing the media earlier in the day.
Refusing to share the candidates suggested by the government, Rasheed advised the media to inquire a government spokesperson for its candidates.
“The names were suggested after discussion among party members,” he continued. He had said the new names, suggested to the speaker of Punjab Assembly, had been proposed by the party.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/pti-nominates-orya-maqbool-jan-yaqoob-tahir-izhar-for-caretaker-cm-punjab/
