INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The opposition leader said that efforts would be made to resolve this issue through Parliament
Earlier, Prime Minister Abbasi and Khursheed Shah held a meeting at PM House to finalise the caretaker premier, The opposition leader said
the prime minister would think some more on the matter, so that the finalised name is agreed upon by the government as well as the
Geo Tv quoted sources saying that former prime minister and PML-N quaid Nawaz Sharif is not in favour of appointing a retired justice or
Nasirul Mulk, Justice (retd) Tassaduq Jillani and Ms Shamshad Akhtar
In such a scenario, the matter is likely to be referred to the parliamentary committee for a decision on the matter.If the parliamentary
committee also fails to take the decision, then the matter will go the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which will finally choose one
of the names as caretaker prime minister.Under Article 224 of the Constitution on dissolution of the National Assembly or on completion of
its term, or in case it is dissolved under Article 58 or Article 112, the president shall appoint a caretaker cabinet: Provided that the
caretaker prime minister shall be appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition in the
outgoing National Assembly.If the prime minister and the leader of the opposition do not agree on any person to be appointed as caretaker
prime minister, the provisions of Article 224A shall be followed
person to be appointed as the caretaker prime minister, within three days of the dissolution of the National Assembly, they shall forward
two nominees each to a Committee to be immediately constituted by the Speaker of the National Assembly, comprising eight members of the
outgoing National Assembly, or the Senate, or both, having equal representation from the Treasury and the Opposition, to be nominated by the
prime minister and the leader of the opposition respectively."The committee constituted, according to the Constitution, shall finalise the
name of the caretaker prime minister within three days of the referral of the matter to it
But in case of inability of the committee to decide the matter in the aforesaid period, the names of the nominees shall be referred to the
ECP for final decision within two days."
