Joint opposition’s candidate for prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, who today filed his nomination papers, met PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Islamabad Sunday evening.
The meeting took place at Zardari House where Shehbaz expressed gratitude to the former president over his support for the no-confidence motion against former prime minister Imran Khan, according to Media reports.
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They deliberated the prime minister’s election and a future strategy.
The National Assembly will meet tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00pm to elect the new prime minister after PTI chairman Imran Khan was de-seated from the highest office of the country through the opposition-moved no-confidence motion.
The nomination papers of joint opposition’s candidate Shehbaz Sharif and PTI’s Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been approved for the prime minister’s election.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi earlier submitted nomination papers for the election of prime minister following ouster of Imran Khan.
