Nawaz forms 32-member parliamentary board ahead of Punjab, KP elections
Pakistan
Nawaz forms 32-member parliamentary board ahead of Punjab, KP elections
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has formed a 32-member parliamentary board ahead of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sources privy to the development said the parliamentary board would be headed by Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif would be part of it. PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz, Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Asif, Rana Sanaullah, Mian Javaid Lateef, Khawaja Saad Rafique and Sardar Ayaz Sadiq also would be part of the parliamentary board.
Sources said Ameer Muqam and Murtaza Javaid Abbasi had been included in the board from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Parliamentary board would choose candidates and distribute party tickets.
Earlier, speaking to media in London on Friday, Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah said the PML-N would contest elections will full preparation and party supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had finalised names for the board. He said consultation was held on elections in London and Nawaz Sharif had finalised names for party’s parliamentary board.
The minister said Nawaz Sharif would chair a meeting of the board and interview candidates. Mr Sharif, he said, would lead the election campaign in Pakistan.
Mr Sanaullah said six to seven officials would resign from their positions to run election campaign, adding that Maryam Nawaz would return to Pakistan this month.
