ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) put forth the names of twocandidates for the caretaker prime minister slot.

Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf and former foreignsecretary Jalil Abbas Jillani were recommended by the opposition party.

Another round of talks in this regard is scheduled to be held on Tuesday.

Talks between the prime minister and leader of the opposition in theNational Assembly remained inconclusive on Friday. Both sides failed tofinalise the prospective caretaker prime minister before the PM left forTurkey.

Sources privy to the Abbasi-Shah meeting said the opposition leader soughtthe PM to pick either former governor State Bank Dr Ishrat Hussain orPakistan’s Permanent Representative to United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi orformer chief justice of the Supreme Court Tassaduq Hussain Jillani.

The government, however, was pressing for one of its own candidates: Formersecretary of the ECP Ishtiak Ahmad Khan and former chief justices Jawad SKhawaja and Anwar Zaheer Jamali.