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Summary PML-N is expected to field a Candidate for the office of prime minister on Friday.
According to the sources Sardar Mehtab Abbasi may be the candidate of PML-N for the office of PM.The sources said that the N-League is likely to take all political parties in confidence over election of Sardar Mehtab for the premiership.The PML-N’s top leadership held a meeting at Punjab House over the freshly churned up political turmoil triggered by Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s removal from his office in the wake of Supreme Court’s conviction of him over contempt charge.It should be mentioned here that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday denotified Yousuf Raza Gilani from his office in the wake of court’s three-judge bench verdict of his disqualification.The federal cabinet comprised thirty five ministers, eighteen state ministers, four advisers and six special consultants. The Election Commission declared Gilani ineligible from April 26 after reviewing Supreme Court’s verdict.A seven-member bench of Supreme Court announced the verdict in contempt case against ex-PM Gilani on April 26 on which National Assembly s speaker issued another ruling that declared PM Gilani eligible for the post.However, on June 19, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice declared Gilani ineligible to hold on to the office of Prime Minister in the light of April 26 verdict.
