‘TALK OF NEW PAKISTAN PM SPECULATION’

ISLAMABAD: Amid talk that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may have to quit over the Panama Papers case, Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday said that the notion of appointing a new Prime Minister was just a speculation. A Geo TV report had said that Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif’s brother, is expected to replace him if Nawaz Sharif is disqualified by the Supreme Court. Asif, however, said the notion was just a speculation and there was no truth in the report.