Shehbaz Sharif meets Zardari, Bilawal ahead of PM election

ISLAMABAD, April 10: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, who today filed his nomination papers for the prime minister’s election, met PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Islamabad Sunday evening. Sources said that the meeting took place at Zardari House. Shehbaz expressed gratitude to the former president over his support for the no-confidence motion against former prime minister Imran Khan. They deliberated the prime minister’s election and a future strategy. The National Assembly will meet tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00pm to elect the new prime minister after PTI chairman Imran Khan was de-seated from the highest office of the country through the opposition-moved no-confidence motion. The nomination papers of joint opposition’s candidate Shehbaz Sharif and PTI’s Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been approved for the prime minister’s election. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi earlier submitted nomination papers for the election of prime minister following ouster of Imran Khan. -TLTP