Senator Yaqoob Nasar becomes PML-N's acting president
The meeting was also attended by PM Abbasi and former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Senator Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar on Thursday has become acting president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for indefinite time period while Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s name is considering as party’s permanent president.
The meeting of PML-N’s central executive committee was taken place in Lahore which was also attended by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar.
Currently serving as Senator, Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar was elected as Member of National Assembly (MNA) from Loralai constituency on the ticket of PML-N in past. He has also served as the provincial president and central vice president of PML-N. Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar is the leader of the Nasar tribe, which holds significant influence in Balochistan.
He is also considered as a close aide to ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, who held the position of PML-N president till the ruling of his disqualification by Supreme Court in Panama case.
