Who will take on mantle of caretaker PM?
Pakistan
Several names are doing the rounds for the coveted slot
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Names for the caretaker prime minister are doing the rounds on the internet platforms as tenure of the incumbent government will end on Aug 14.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has already nominated Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori for the coveted slot.
The other names include former foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, former finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, ex-prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, retired Justice Maqbool Baqar, Fawad Hassan Fawad, Rauf Sheikh and Zulfiqar Magsi.
Punjab interim chief minister Mohsin Naqvi and former Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad are also said to be vying for the caretaker prime minister.
However, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Raja Riaz said on Tuesday he had finalised three names for the interim PM. He said he would share these names with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Earlier, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said consultation about the caretaker prime minister was under way and expressed hope that the name would be finalised in a day or two.
In a statement, the PML-N Punjab president said the caretaker set-up would perform its constitutional duty of carrying out delimitations. He said the delimitation process would take 120 days. After completion of the process, he said, elections would be conducted.
As for the names of the caretaker PM, the minister said names were under discussion and no one had been finalised yet.
The minister said elections would not be unnecessarily delayed and the caretaker government and security agencies would ensure security and other aspects.
