Punjab Assembly opposition leaders likely to meet to finalise caretaker CM

LAHORE: The parliamentary leaders of opposition parties are likely to meet today at Punjab Assembly to finalise a name for the position of caretaker chief minister for the province.

The meeting would be chaired by leader of the opposition in Punjab Assembly, Mian Mehmood-ur-Rashid.

According to the opposition leader’s spokesperson, participants of the meeting would include Pakistan Peoples Party’s Qazi Ahmed Saeed, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid’s Waqas Hassan Mokal and Jamaat-e-Islami’s Syed Waseem Akhtar.

The JI leader has recommended three names for the caretaker chief minister of Punjab.

As per the JI spokesperson, Akhtar has recommended the names after discussion with other party leader.

The names include, Mian Allah Nawaz, former chief justice of Lahore High Court, and Dr Safdar Mehmood and Khizer Hayat Gondal, former federal secretaries.