Outgoing Pakistan PM Sharif, Opposition Leader Fail To Reach Consensus On Caretaker PM: Report

<p>A day after Pakistan's National Assembly was dissolved, paving the way for general elections, outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with Leader of the Opposition Raja Riaz to select a caretaker premier, Radio Pakistan reported. However, the two leaders failed to reach a consensus and another round of meeting will be held on Friday.</p> <p>The caretaker prime minister will manage the interim government affairs till general elections. The elections are likely to take place next year in February or March.</p> <p>Talking to reporters, Riaz said the hour-long meeting with Shehbaz Sharif was held in a cordial and conducive environment. Riaz said six names were discussed during the meeting and all of them were "respectable people".</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/PTVNewsOfficial/status/1689550850799075328?s=20[/tw]</p> <p>The leader of opposition, however, refused to reveal the name of the candidates being deliberated for the caretaker PM's post.</p> <p>"I will deliberate on the names given by the PM, and similarly, the PM will go through the names given by me&hellip; a meeting will be held again tomorrow (Friday)," Dawn quoted Riaz as saying.</p> <p>Sharif and the leader of the opposition have three days to decide the name of the interim prime minister.</p> <p><strong>READ | <a title="Pak President Alvi Dissolves National Assembly Upon PM Shehbaz Sharif's Advice" href="https://ift.tt/KgsREcy" target="_self">Pak President Alvi Dissolves National Assembly Upon PM Shehbaz Sharif's Advice</a></strong></p> <p>If the duo fail to reach a consensus, the matter will be referred to a parliamentary committee. If the committee fails to zero in on a name, then the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will have two days to choose the caretaker prime minister from the list of names shared with it.</p> <p>As per a Geo TV report, three names have been proposed, including two nominations -- former diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani and former chief justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jilani -- sent by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The third name doing the rounds is of Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori.</p>

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