Lahore, August 16 (TNS): Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday failed to decide who would replace Nawaz Sharif aftermath of disqualification of former prime minister.
At a consultative meeting led by Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence, the leaders, however, decided to continue with the party’s “mass-contact drive” in the wake of a “positive” response from supporters along the ex-PM’s rally on GT Road.
Those who attended the meeting include National assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Punjab Governor Rafiq Rajwana, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, MNA Hamza Shahbaz, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Anushe Rehman, former law minister Zahid Hamid and ex-IG Rana Maqbool.
“We did discuss all available options for a new party chief but could not arrive at a decision…we decided to hold huddles for a couple of more days keeping in view various legal and political sensitivities involved with the issue,” Mr Rafiq told reporters outside the meeting’s venue.
Though he did not share details about the meeting, sources said that a new face, other than Shahbaz Sharif, is being considered so that the chief minister could continue focussing his attention on Punjab’s mega development projects.
