Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif said that the party’s chief organiser Maryam Nawaz would be their candidate for the chief minister Punjab slot.
Addressing a presser after a multi-party meeting in Islamabad, Shehbaz Sharif said that he would request Nawaz Sharif to become the prime minister.
He also thanked PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain for inviting different political parties, adding that the purpose of the meeting is to tell the nation that ‘we are united’.
The PML-N President said that the election process is over, and now the new parliament is about to come into existence.
“Our fight is against the challenges being faced by the country. The economic crisis is the biggest challenge,” Shehbaz Sharif added.
The PML-N president said that we have to face economic challenges to move the country forward.
He said that the parties that attended the meeting have the two-third majority of the National Assembly.
Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed independents have a majority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. “We also respect whosoever is PTI nominee for chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa slot,” he added.
When asked if Asif Ali Zardari is the presidential nominee, Shehbaz Sharif replied, “We will not disappoint you”
Meanwhile, PML-N Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzaib said that the party supremo Nawaz Sharif has nominated Shahbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz for prime minister and chief minister Punjab slots respectively.
