Imran, Shehbaz cleared to contest PM election
- By Web Desk -
- Aug 16, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The nomination papers filed by Pakistan Terheek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif were declared valid for the election of the office of prime minister on Thursday.
Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser declared their papers valid after scrutiny as no any party or individual raised any kind of objection on their candidature.
The election for the coveted slot will be held tomorrow for which the session of the National Assembly has been summoned at 3:30 in the afternoon.
The election shall be held through the method of division of the house as enshrined in the rules of procedures and conduct of the National Assembly 2007.
Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid had submitted the nomination papers of Khan in the National Assembly secretariat on Wednesday.
Rashid, while speaking to journalists after submitting the papers, said he has proposed the PTI chief for the post, while Fakhar Imam has endorsed him.
Sheikh Rashid hoped that Imran Khan would get elected as prime minister on August 17, which would follow his oath taking ceremony the next day.
According to PTI’s spokesperson, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf decided to pick its chief Imran Khan as a nominee for the office of prime minister, during a meeting of senior party leaders at his Banigala residence.
On the other hand, major opposition parties, PPP and PML-N, have been at odds over the joint opposition’s nominee for the prime minister office.
In a surprising move, Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said that his party will urge the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to change its nominee for premiership.
Nevertheless, while defying the statements of PPP, PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination papers.