The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ( PML-N) has nominated senior journalist Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi and former bureaucrat Ahad Cheema as caretaker chief minister of Punjab.
According to 24NewsHD TV channel, Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz has written a letter to the Punjab governor.
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed the nominees with his coalition partners Asif Ali Zardari, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
Special Assistant to PM Malik Ahmad Khan held a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz on the matter.
After the meeting, he said the premier shortlisted names and sent these to former president Asif Ali Zardari .
In a tweet, Malik Ahmad Khan revealed that “for the appointment of caretaker chief minister of Punjab, the PML-N after consultation also agreed on the name of former president Supreme Court Bar Ahsan Bhoon. But he thanked the PML-N leadership and apologized to become the caretaker CM due to the responsibilities and demands of the lawyer politics.”