PML-N nominates Dar as caretaker PM, mulls efforts to convince PPP
Last updated on: 24 July,2023 01:29 pm
Sources says the cabinet will be taken into confidence on interim setup
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday nominated Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as the caretaker prime minister, sources told Dunya News.
They said the party is taking the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and other coalition partners into confidence over the Dar’s nomination.
“There is a possibility of a consensus on the Dar’s nominee in the meetings of the top leadership of the PPP and the PML-N as the advisory committees of the both sides are expected to meet soon,” said the sources.
They further said the federal cabinet would be taken into confidence on interim setup.
On the other hand, the PPP established a consultation committee which comprised federal ministers Khursheed Shah, Naveed Qamar and former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.
Both major coalition partners have agreed that a politician should be appointed as the head of the interim set-up, with PPP's Qamar Zaman Kaira saying that no politician could be appointed as a judge and vice versa.
Sources said the consultation committees of both parties were expected to meet to discuss possible names for the caretaker premier.
Earlier, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal hoped that the coalition parties would agree on the name of Ishaq Dar. He made these remarks during an interview to a private TV channel.