ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has nominated Shah Mehmood Qureshi as its candidate for the prime minister post.
PTI has submitted the nomination papers of Shah Mehmood Qureshi for the post of Leader of the House in the National Assembly Secretariat. Malika Bukhari, Amir Dogar and Zain Qureshi have submitted the nomination papers of Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s four forms have been submitted to the National Assembly Secretariat. Amir Dogar and Ali Muhammad Khan are their endorsers and verifiers.
On the other hand, PML-N president and joint opposition candidate Shehbaz Sharif has submitted nomination papers for the post of Leader of the House.
The National Assembly Secretariat has convened a meeting of the National Assembly on Monday at 2 pm for the election of a new Leader of the House and Shehbaz Sharif is the prime ministerial candidate from the joint opposition.
The National Assembly Secretariat has fixed the time for submission of nomination papers at 4 pm instead of 2 pm, while scrutiny of nomination papers will be done at 4:30 pm.
Yesterday, the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan was successful in the National Assembly, after which he ceased to be the Prime Minister of the country and at the same time became the first Prime Minister of the country to be removed through mistrust.
Earlier, voting on no-trust motion was held after Speaker and deputy speaker of National Assembly had resigned from their offices here late Saturday.
Speaker Asad Qaiser and deputy speaker Qasim Suri had earlier resigned.
Asad Qaiser handed over the Speakership to PML-N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq conducted voting on the no-trust motion.
