Source: Dawn.Com
ISLAMABAD, March 20: The PPP and the PML-N might have reached an agreement on caretaker prime minister had the leader of opposition in the now dissolved National Assembly not thrown a spanner in the works.
Dawn has learnt that by holding a press conference on Tuesday evening Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan took a solo flight and nearly caused a crash.
Throughout Wednesday the capital was abuzz with discussions in political circles that the leader of opposition had stopped Senator Ishaq Dar from holding negotiations with senior PPP leader Khurshid Ahmed Shah.
A senior leader of the PML-N said: “Soon after the media started reporting on Tuesday evening about a meeting between Senator Dar and Mr Shah in Islamabad, Chaudhry Nisar made an emergency telephone call to Mr Dar from Lahore and stopped him from meeting PPP leaders.”
If the PML-N leader was to be believed the two exchanged hot words when Chaudhry Nisar reminded Mr Ishaq of his role as leader of the opposition in the selection of caretaker prime minister.
Under the Constitution, it is a prerogative of the leader of the house and that of the opposition to hold formal consultations for the selection of caretaker prime minister.