Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk will take oath as Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister at the President House today (Friday).
President Mamnoon Hussain will administer oath to the caretaker prime minister at a ceremony where Senate Chairman, Deputy Chairman, politicians and military officials will be present too.
He will be the seventh caretaker prime minister of Pakistan.
The federal government completed its five-year constitutional term late Thursday, after which the interim government is set to take over the reins of the country from today onwards.
This is the first time in Pakistan’s history that a second consecutive democratic government has completed its five-year tenure.
Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk was unanimously nominated as Caretaker Prime Minister by the government and opposition.
On May 28, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah announced that Justice (retd) Mulk will take reigns as caretaker premier while addressing a press conference along with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and National Assembly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
Shah said, “The name of the person I would like to present is a very respectable one. The name is Nasirul Mulk, who has served as chief justice. He played a historic role in the judiciary and when he was a lawyer,” the PPP leader announced.
