LAHORE: The PML-N’s Chief Election Commissioner Rana Sanaullah has said, If no other candidate submits nomination papers, Nawaz will be elected unopposed as president of the party.
According to sources, Nawaz would be elected through an election for the party president which has been rescheduled from the second week of May to May 28, the day celebrated as Youm-e-Takbir. On this day in 1998, Pakistan had responded to India’s nuclear tests while Nawaz was prime minister.
Through a notification on Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has declared May 28, 2024, a public holiday.
On July 28, 2017, Nawaz lost both the prime minister’s office and the presidency of his party as a result of the Panama Papers ruling.
At a news conference on Monday, PML-N Chief Election Commissioner Rana Sanaullah stated that the party leaders had the consensus that Nawaz should lead the party. He said that Shehbaz had resigned from his position as party president, but he was still permitted by the Central Working Committee to carry out his responsibilities until the election of a new leader.
