*ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has refused to vote for ShahbazSharif for PM slot. *

*PPP leaders have confirmed that party has decided not to vote for PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominee foShehbaz Sharif during the electionfor prime minister*.

Party leadership had informed the PML-N at least three days ago that theirMNAs will not vote for Shehbaz Sharif.

The PPP leaders, have said party wants to vote for a joint candidate fromopposition and will wait for PML-N to change the candidate.

Earlier, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari too hinted at the same whilespeaking to media in the federal capital.

As one of the reporters asked if his party’s parliamentarians will vote forPML-N president Shehbaz Sharif during the election of PM, the PPP chiefsaid that he will urge PML-N to change its PM nominee.

An opposition alliance comprising PPP, PML-N, ANP, MMA and other parties onAugust 7 had jointly nominated Shehbaz Sharif as their candidate forpremiership.

The opposition alliance named “alliance for free and fair elections” hadearlier decided to support a PML-N candidate for PM, a PPP nominee forspeaker and MMA one for deputy speaker slot.

The elections for speaker and deputy speaker slot were held earlier todayin the National Assembly wherein PTI’s Asad Qaiser and Qasim Suri electedas the speaker and deputy speaker.

Asad Qaisar was contesting against PPP nominee Khursheed Shah. Qaiserreceived 176 votes whereas Shah got 146 votes.

The opposition alliance reportedly voted for PPP nominee as planned.