Summary President, PM and majority of political leaders have welcomed ECP decision over caretaker PM.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif in a statement said that his party respects the decision of nomination of caretaker Prime Minister.
MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has congratulated Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on becoming the caretaker Prime Minister.
Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf expressed full confidence in Election Commission of Pakistan and accepted its decision regarding caretaker Prime Minister.
Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Munawwar Hassan also welcomed the decision of the ECP, though he expressed some reservations.
Central President Tehreek-e-Istiqlal Rehmat Khan Wardag said that the appointment of caretaker Prime Minister has been made by the Election Commission with majority which is good omen and praise-worthy.
Ch Shujaat Hussain also expressed his satisfaction over Khosa’s appointment.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman appreciated the announcement of caretaker Prime Minister by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
He expressed these views while talking to his party’s Secretary Information, Maulana Muhammad Amjad Khan on Sunday.
Maulana said that the decision of ECP is commendable but government and opposition did not set good custom as they did not agree over any name and Election Commission resolved the matter, he added.
Earlier, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and President Asif Ali Zardri on Sunday welcomed the nomination of Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as the caretaker Prime Minister by the Election Commission.
The President said that the forthcoming general elections under a caretaker neutral set up selected under the constitutional process and an independent and empowered Election Commission duly empowered by the Parliament for the first time in the country s history was a very significant. It is a welcome development that should help in banishing the specter of manipulated power transfer.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf telephoned Justice retired Mir Hazar Khan Khoso and congratulated him on his nomination as caretaker chief executive of the country.
He extended his best wishes and assured his fullest cooperation to the caretaker Prime Minister-designate.
