ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah held a meeting on Friday to finalise name of the caretaker PM, but could not reach an agreement.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Khursheed Shah said that the two did not reach an agreement over the caretaker PM’s name. He added that he would call upon PM Abbasi for another meeting on Tuesday.
Previously, Shah had claimed that the name of the caretaker prime minister would be a mutual decision between him and the PM.
On Thursday, however, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had mentioned in a link on its website that the date of the elections would be 31st July, a link the Commission later took down.
In April, PM Abbasi and Khursheed Shah had a meeting concerning the caretaker government and the PM shared his opinion with the opposition leader on the name of the caretaker prime minister.
The PML-N government is expected to complete its tenure on 31st July and general elections are expected to be held at the end of July or in the first week or August.