Summary Ghulam Ahmed Bilour has been selected head of the parliamentary committee to decide on caretaker PM.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Following failure of PPP-led government and the opposition PML-N to develop a consensus over the name of caretaker prime minister, an eight-member parliamentary committee resumed meeting in Islamabad today (Wednesday) to review the matter.
The parliamentary committee comprises Former MNA Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah‚ Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour‚ Senator Farooq H. Naek‚ Senator Ch. Shujaat Hussain‚ Former MNA Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan‚ Senator Pervaiz Rasheed‚ Former MNA Khawaja Saad Rafiq and Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar.
According to Dunya News, the committee members unanimously selected former Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour as head of the parliamentary committee to decide who will be the caretaker prime minister.
The PPP had initially proposed the names of former Finance Minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, former State Bank Governor, Dr. Ishrat Husain, and a retired judge of the Supreme Court Mir Hazar Khan Khoso for the position.
The PML-N had proposed the names of former top court judges Nasir Aslam Zahid, Shakirullah Jan and a senior nationalist political leader Rasul Bakhsh Palijo.
Both parties later withdrew one name each from their lists.
Under the constitution, the parliamentary committee has to evolve a consensus on one name for the caretaker prime minister within three days and if it fails, then the matter will go to the Election Commission to finalize one name out of four, who have been proposed by the PPP and the PML-N.
