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PTI proposes ex-CJP Gulzar Ahmed as caretaker prime minister
Islamabad-The Core Committee of PTI has proposed the name of former principal justice Gulzar Ahmed as the caretaker high minister,ex-information and law minister Fawad Chaudhry said.
The offer comes after President Arif Alvi had transferred letters to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif to seek suggestions for the appointment of a caretaker high minister.
In case the two politicians can not reach a agreement over one name within three days, each one of them will shoot two names to the parliamentarian commission responsible for appointing a caretaker high minister.
The eight- member administrative commission, comprising National Assembly and Senate members, with equal representation from the government and Opposition, will be formed by the NA speaker.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan will continue as the high minister despite beingde-notified as the premier, till the appointment of a caretaker high minister, the President’s Secretariat said in a presser issued after Sunday night.
“ Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi shall continue as Prime Minister till the appointment of caretaker Prime Minister under Article 224 A (4) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”
Imran Khan wasde-notified as the high minister of Pakistan before on Sunday after the dissolution of the National Assembly, Cabinet Division’s statement said.