Outgoing PM Shehbaz congratulates Kakar on becoming caretaker premier
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Outgoing prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar on becoming the caretaker prime minister, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.
Preparations for the oath-taking ceremony of Anwaar-ul-Haq on August 14 are underway.
President Arif Alvi had appointed Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar from Balochistan as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan, the consensus nomination of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Opposition leader Raja Riaz.
President Alvi had approved Kakar’s appointment under Section 224-1A of the Constitution. Kakar, co-founder of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), will be the eighth interim prime minister of Pakistan.
Following the nomination of Anwaarul Haq Kakar as the caretaker prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, the outgoing premier, left the PM House in Islamabad and headed for Lahore on Saturday last.
He also held a farewell meeting with the staff of the Prime Minister’s house.