Shehbaz Sharif has been nominated as the prime ministerial candidate by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz parliamentary party on Wednesday to head the coalition government. In addition to this, the PML-N also nominated senior leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the Speaker’s post.
The development came a day before the inaugural session of the new National Assembly is expected to take place on Thursday following the February 8 general elections in Pakistan.
The PML-N parliamentary members meeting was held in Islamabad with the party supremo Nawaz Sharif in the chair on Wednesday.
“Nawaz officially nominated his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif and party loyalist Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the posts of prime minister and speaker of National Assembly,” PML-N central deputy secretary Attaullah Tarar said in a statement after the meeting.
The parliamentary party endorsed the name of Shehbaz Sharif for the post of Prime Minister. It also reposed its full confidence in the leadership of the three-time former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, Tarar added.
Outgoing National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has called the National Assembly session for Thursday after President Dr Arif Alvi refused.
(With inputs from PTI)
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