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Shahbaz to head PML-N after ECP asks Nawaz Sharif to step down from party position
[DAWN] Senior PML-N leader Raja Zafarul Haq on Tuesday said that a decision has been taken to elect Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... as the party president. While giving an interview to BBC Urdu, the party’s Leader of House in the Senate said that a formal announcement regarding this will be made in a day or two. "The younger Sharif has been selected to replace Nawaz based on the wishes of a majority of party members," Haq was quoted as saying. Earlier in the day, the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) issued a notice to the PML-N for the appointment of a new party leader, DawnNews reported. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-09 |
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