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PML-N and PPP Finalize Joint Strategy for Election of Prime Minister and National Assembly Speaker

Strategic Insights

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The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have agreed on a joint strategy for the election of the prime minister, National Assembly speaker, and deputy speaker. The PPP delegation, comprising former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and former opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah, met with PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif in Model Town, Lahore. The two parties have reportedly formed a united front, with PML-N's Khawaja Asif, Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Tanvir Hussain, and Khawaja Saad Rafique also attending the meeting.

Key Takeaways:

  • The PML-N and PPP have agreed on a joint strategy for the election of the prime minister, National Assembly speaker, and deputy speaker.
  • The PPP has not committed to supporting the PML-N in the election of the chief minister, speaker, and deputy speaker in Punjab.
  • Punjab Assembly speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal is the PML-N's likely candidate for the slot of chief minister.
  • Hamza Shahbaz is being considered as the possible candidate for the opposition leader in Punjab.
  • Both parties will form groups to ensure the presence of MNAs-elect in the National Assembly's first session on August 13.
  • The PML-N and PPP will go together in Punjab and will use the numbers game to form the government.
  • The PPP is in two minds over voting for PML-N candidates for chief minister, speaker, and deputy speaker or abstaining from voting altogether.
  • Shahbaz Sharif has directed PML-N's women MPAs-elect on reserved seats to do aggressive politics from the opposition benches in the Punjab Assembly.
  • Hamza Shahbaz may be nominated as the PML-N's candidate for the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly based on a meeting between Shahbaz Sharif and party leaders.

Statistics:

  • The PML-N and PPP have formed a united front, with both parties working together for the election of the prime minister and National Assembly speaker.
  • The PML-N has nominated Shahbaz Sharif as the joint candidate for the post of prime minister, along with PPP, ANP, and MMA.
  • The PPP has six MPAs-elect in Punjab, but has not committed to supporting the PML-N in the election of chief minister, speaker, and deputy speaker.

Sources:

  • Dawn (This news was published in Dawn newspaper dated Saturday, 11 August 2018).
  • Pakistan Today (Information on Hamza Shahbaz nomination).
  • The News (Updates on PML-N's plans to form a government in Punjab).

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