Who will be the caretaker PM? Shehbaz Sharif is set to advise President for the dissolution of the National Assembly
Who will be the caretaker prime minister? as Shehbaz Sharif is set to advise President Arif Alvi tomorrow, Aug 9, for the dissolution of the National Assembly.
Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed that he would write to President Dr. Arif Alvi tomorrow (August 9) to dissolve the National Assembly, which would bring the incumbent government’s term to a marginally premature end.
PM Shehbaz said: “After completing our [government’s] term tomorrow, I will write and send [the advice] to the president to dissolve the assembly and then an interim government will take over.”
The current National Assembly’s tenure will end on August 12 and if it completes its stipulated time then elections are supposed to take place within 60 days.
However, the Constitution states that the polls must be held within 90 days if the assembly is dissolved before the completion of its tenure.
If it may so, it’s the eve of NA’s dissolution, and the name of the interim prime minister has not been finalized yet.
Sources claimed that a decision on the caretaker has been “finalized”.
However, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, during an appearance on a TV channel, claimed that no name has been finalized so far.
Earlier in the day, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja Riaz earlier today said that he had not yet met or consulted the premier regarding the names of the caretaker prime minister.
“I hope to have a meeting tomorrow in which these things will be discussed,” he said, adding that the consultation would happen at “the right time”.
However, Riaz said he had completed the consultation process with his allies, adding that the three names for the interim prime minister were “almost 90 percent finalized”.
As per the Constitution, if the prime minister and the leader of the opposition failed to agree on any name, the matter will be referred to a parliamentary committee.
And in case the parliamentary committee does not reach any conclusion, the matter will be left for the Election Commission of Pakistan to decide.
