PML-N deliberates on interim set-up and tickets allotment,

ISLAMABAD– Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Monday nine months were not enough to end the four years of negligence and devastation caused by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) government.

Expressing his thoughts on the political situation, Mr Abbasi said, “How would such a country function, where cabinet decisions used to be called wrong asked the former premier.” Saying that the miracle could not happen in a single day, Mr Abbasi said there was a dire need to find solutions to all the problems facing the country.

Reiterating the demand to dissolve the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Mr Abbasi said otherwise, the officers could not take decisions.

In a dig at his political opponents, Mr Abbasi stated that in order to bring political stability to the country, responsibility must be demonstrated, but not through the politics of “the assemblies’ dissolution.”

Recounting the year 2018, Mr Abbasi said, “We still believe that the mandate of 2018 election was stolen. ”
Questioning his opponents, Mr. Abbasi said, “What made them to think about the assemblies’ dissolution.”

“The obstacles in the country’s politics will remain as long as the matters are not sorted out,” added Mr Abbasi

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday deliberated on the interim setup and allotment of tickets for elections in Punjab in a party session.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over the session which decided to form a parliamentary board for elections. Sources said the PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz would supervise the process of allotment of tickets.

Earlier, former Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Parvez Elahi nominated Sardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhaira, Nasir Mahmood Khosa and Muhammad Naseer Khan for the caretaker CM.

It merits mention that Mr Elahi had advised the Punjab Governor Baligh ur Rehman to dissolve the Punjab Assembly. However, the governor refused to sign the summary which led to the dissolution of the assembly after 48 hours as per constitution . It follows the discussions on the interim set-up in the province which requires the treasury and the opposition benches to nominate three persons each for the interim CM.

Moreover, elections are required to be conducted 90 days after the dissolution of the assembly which has put the main parties in the race for the coveted slot in the province.