Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday rejected name of former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed for caretaker Prime Minister.
The opposition leader, in a letter written to President Arif Alvi on Wednesday, maintained that the process of naming interim PM or government is unconstitutional as NA speaker’s ruling on no-confidence motion is already challenged in Supreme Court and every step of President or PM will be subject to the apex court ruling.
“Thus process of appointment of caretaker Prime Minister started by you under Article 224 (1A) in a hurried manner is simply to defeat the process of law and constitution without waiting for decision in sou motu case and petitions filed by combined opposition parties and other petitions challenging rejection of no-confidence resolution against prime minister and prorogation of requisitioned session of National Assembly by deputy speaker and consequent dissolution of National Assembly by prime minister, which are still pending adjudication before Supreme Court. Thus the start of the said process by you is not acceptable as it is violation of the law and Constitution and is subjudice,” said Shehbaz.
Earlier, President Arif Alvi had written to both PM and Shehbaz Sharif seeking their nominees for the post of interim PM.
The core committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had proposed the name of former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed as the caretaker prime minister.
Former federal minister for information and broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in a tweet had also stated that in response to President Dr Arif Alvi’s letter, PM Imran Khan recommended the former CJP’s name after consultation and approval of the PTI’s core committee.
