PML-N names Shahbaz for PM
lahore — The embattled Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has unanimously nominated Shahbaz Sharif as its prime ministerial candidate, party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said.
The nomination of the 66-yearold former Punjab chief minister was approved soon after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party named its leader Imran Khan to be the prime ministerial candidate of the single largest party in the National Assembly.
Shahbaz is the younger brother of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail last month in a corruption case. Shahbaz’s nomination was approved at a meeting of senior party leaders at its Central Secretariat here to decide its nominee for the next prime minister, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum was quoted as saying by Geo News.
During the meeting chaired by PML-N president Shahbaz, leaders deliberated upon strategy to form government at the centre and in Punjab, she said. Speaking to media after the meeting, Marriyum said the PML-N would continue to struggle together with other political parties, adding that they had directed concerned individuals to prepare ‘white papers’ on the polls in the country.
The PML-N has alleged that last month’s polls were rigged in favour of the Khan’s PTI.
The PML-N spokesperson said that a protest would be staged in Islamabad on August 8 and ticketholders from all political parties would participate in it.
Meanwhile, the spokesman for PML-N Punjab chapter Malik Mohammed Ahmed said his party would play the role of a strong opposition in Punjab’s provincial legislature.