LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday has been appointed interim president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
PML-N Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting chaired by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, agreed on instating Shehbaz as the acting head of the Nawaz league. It was further announced that Nawaz is to be party president ‘for life’.
According to Maryam Nawaz, PML-N leaders Ra
ja Zafarul Haq, PM Abbasi and Shehbaz Sharif proposed that Nawaz be elected as party Quaid for a lifetime, which was resoundingly approved by the meeting attendees.
نواز شریف ۔ تا حیات قائد پاکستان مسلم لیگ ن منتخب ۔ pic.twitter.com/FptqmI
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— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 27, 2018
On February 21, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had ruled that a disqualified person cannot head any political party.
Announcing its decision in a case regarding the Election Act 2017, the SC elaborated that a person disqualified under Article 62, 63 of the Constitution cannot hold party office.
As a result of
the verdict, all decisions made by Nawaz as party president including the nominat
ion of candidates for the Senate elections were invalidated.
