
Opposition parties nominate PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif as PM candidate
Opposition parties have nominated Shehbaz Sharif, who is the PML-N president and younger brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, as their PM candidate ahead of prime minister’s election scheduled on Monday. Taking to Twitter, Sharif wrote, “Special thanks to media, civil society, lawyers, my Quaid Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto, Khalid Maqbool, Khalid Magsi, Mosin Dawar, Ali Wazir, Amir Haider Hoti & leaders & workers of all political parties for standing up for the Constitution!”
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s investigation agency FIA has put its immigration staff at all international airports on high alert with a directive to stop any government official linked to the Imran Khan regime from travelling abroad without a No-Objection Certificate, a media report said on Sunday.