ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/SUKKUR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif informed his party leaders that former President Asif Zardari has demanded the prime ministership and major ministerial portfolios for Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, according to The News, citing sources.
In a remarkable breakthrough, the PPP has agreed to form a coalition government with the PML-N on the condition that Bilawal be appointed Prime Minister.
Shehbaz informed the party leaders that Zardari had promised the PPP’s backing in exchange for the PML-N forming a government in Punjab.
According to PML-N sources, former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with former President Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal on Friday night to discuss their future coalition.
According to party sources, PML-N leaders reviewed various alternatives for forming the future administration at both the federal and provincial levels on Saturday.
In this context, the PML-N leadership met on Saturday, led by Shehbaz Sharif. Senators Ishaq Dar, Khawaja Saad Rafiq, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, Senator Azam Nazir Tarar, Attaullah Tarar, Khawaja Imran Nazir, and others attended the meeting.
The PML-N president reviewed several options for government formation during the meeting. It was discussed in the party that, while the PML-N has emerged as the country’s largest political party, it cannot form a government on its own and requires the assistance of other political parties or independent candidates.
