LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif has put forward his younger brother and party president, Shahbaz Sharif, as the nominee for the Prime Minister’s post.
Maryam Aurangzeb, Information Secretary of the Muslim League (N), announced on the social media platform X that Quaid Nawaz Sharif has endorsed Shahbaz Sharif for the position of Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) کے قائد جناب محمد نوازشریف نے وزیراعظم اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان کے عہدے کےلئے جناب محمد شہبازشریف کو نامزد کر دیا ہے جبکہ وزیراعلی پنجاب کے عہدے کےلئے محترمہ مریم نوازشریف کو نامزد کیا ہے۔ جناب محمد نوازشریف نے پاکستان کے عوام اور سیاسی تعاون فراہم کرنے والی…
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) February 13, 2024
She also revealed that the party leader has proposed Maryam Nawaz Sharif for the role of Chief Minister of Punjab.
Maryam Aurangzeb conveyed Nawaz Sharif’s gratitude to the people of Pakistan and all political parties and leaders for their support. He firmly believes that these decisions will liberate Pakistan from economic threats and inflation.
It is noteworthy that today, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari declared to the media after the meeting of his party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) in Islamabad that they would back the PML-N candidate.
Subsequently, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, along with members of the Muslim League (N), gathered at the residence of Muslim League (Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, and President Shahbaz Sharif, along with Balochistan Awami Party leader and Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, announced plans to nominate a joint candidate after the meeting.
While Shahbaz Sharif refrained from mentioning the party’s candidate for the prime ministership on this occasion, when questioned about the campaign slogans advocating Nawaz Sharif for prime minister, he expressed that he would still urge him to take on the role.
(Islamabad51_Newsdesk)
