Pakistan: Abbasi seeks one week for consultations with allied parties on name of a caretaker prime minister

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader in National Assembly (NA) Khurshid Shah has called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the matter of caretaker prime minister.

Abbasi has sought a week’s time for consultations with government allies while rejecting Shah’s proposal for dissolving the government a day before completion of tenure of the current government.

Shah and Abbasi gave time-frame of one week to each other for consultations with their allies on the issue.

Shah suggested dissolving the government a day before completion of its tenure. The prime minister, while rejecting this proposal, said the government will stay until May 31, the last day of its term.

Later, Shah met Pakistan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentary leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Shireen Mazari and informed them about his meeting with prime minister.

Shah told media that he met Abbasi for one hour and discussed the issue.

“I asked the prime minister that he should tell me if he has any name for a caretaker prime minister. Abbasi sought time for one week for consultations with hallied parties. He also asked names from me and I told him that opposition has not decided yet, but we will finalise before May 15,” he said.