Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif nominates younger brother Shehbaz for premiership, says ‘best choice in current circumstances’
Sharif said 'Shehbaz is the best choice for the prime ministership, especially in the current circumstances Pakistan is in’, English daily Dawn reported. “Nawaz officially nominated his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif and party loyalist Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the posts of prime minister and speaker of the National Assembly.
The parliamentary party endorsed Shehbaz’s name and also reposed its full confidence in the leadership of Nawaz," PML-N central deputy secretary Attaullah Tarar said in a statement. Lauded the performance of Shehbaz Sharif as the prime minister during the tenure of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, the former prime minister said “The way he stopped the country from defaulting is unprecedented." Senior Sharif expressed hope that Pakistan would emerge out of the current crises in the next one or two years.
“Pakistan is very injured at this time and we will have to fill its wounds," Nawaz said. “We will have to take the country out of these difficulties and I believe that we will have to make difficult decisions in the next two years […] but if your intention is pure then God will surely help you.
“We have to give ease to the public, we have to fix the prices of electricity and gas, we have to make Pakistan stand on its feet and if you move forward with a well-thought agenda then this journey will become easy," Nawaz said. Shehbaz, 72, had led a coalition government for 16 months till August 2023 before the caretaker government took over following the announcement of general elections.
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