ISLAMABAD – PML N is mulling different options for the slot of The partypresident after The removal of Nawaz Sharif from The party presidentship byThe Supreme Court of Pakistan.
A party meeting was held in the Punjab House today and sources haverevealed that Party has proposed The name of The CM Shabaz Sharif as Thenext party president.
However Nawaz Sharif has decided otherwise and now it is being reportedthat Nawaz Sharif has decided not to make Shahbaz Sharif The partypresident and keep the slot within his immediate family.
Nawaz Sharif held a meeting at Punjab House for consultations on the newleader of the party a day after he was removed as Party Chief following aSupreme Court judgement that also nullified all official party decisionstaken by Sharif since his disqualification in July last year.
The participants of the meeting proposed names of Shahbaz Sharif andKuksoom Nawaz — who is undergoing treatment for cancer in London — electedas the party’s new president.
According to the source, Sharif spoke during the meeting for only 10minutes and listened to party leaders for the rest of the time.
Earlier today, PML-N Chairman Zafarul Haq had told reporters that PML-N’scentral working committee will appoint the party’s interim president nextweek.
Kulsoom was diagnosed with early-stage lymphoma in August last year and hasbeen in London since, where she has undergone multiple surgeries and atleast five chemotherapy sessions.
She had left for the United Kingdom before she could begin campaigning forthe by-poll on NA-120 seat that was vacated after her husband’sdisqualification.