*ISLAMABAD – South Punjab MPA has been selected for the position of Punjabchief minister, PTI sources have revealed.*

Aleem Khan and Yasmeen Rashid are out of the race as party has decided tobring someone from South Punjab as Chief Minister.

A consultative meeting chaired by PTI chief and likely new prime ministerImran Khan is now mulling over names of Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht,Muhammad Khan Laghari, Jahanzeb Kacchi and Hasnain Bahadur. All four belongto South Punjab.

Hashim Jawan Bakht won seats from PP-259 Rahim Yar Khan-V and PP-261 RahimYar Khan-VII, Muhammad Khan Laghari is from PP-292 Dera Ghazi Khan-VIII,Jahanzeb Kacchi is from PP-236 Vehari-VIII and Hasnain Bahadur is fromPP-294 Rajan Pur-II.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), on the other hand has nominatedformer CM Punjab’s son Hamza Shehbaz Sharif as Punjab Chief Ministercandidate.