*ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari hasrefused to vote for Shahbaz Sharif for the slot of Prime Minister.*

*He on Wednesday said that his party has asked the Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) to change its nominee for premiership.*

The PPP chief and newly elected MNA was speaking to media in the federalcapital when one of the reporters asked if his party’s parliamentarianswill vote for PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif during the election of PM.

“We will urge PML-N to change its PM nominee,” answered Bilawal.

An opposition alliance comprising PPP, PML-N, ANP, MMA and other parties onAugust 7 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.