To Senator Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar Pakistan has been chosen as the caretaker Prime Minister of The current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz finalized his name after two rounds of long consultations. Talking to the media after the meeting, Riyaz said, we decided that the interim prime minister would be from a small province.
Who is Anwar-ul-Haq
Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar is the MLA from Balochistan. He was elected to the senator in 2018. He has also served as the spokesperson for the provincial government. Talking about his education, he has studied Political Science. Also, he has a master’s degree in sociology.
The National Assembly was dissolved in Pakistan on August 10.
Significantly, the President of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, formally dissolved the National Assembly three days before its scheduled term. After which the search was on for a caretaker Prime Minister to run the country till the general elections at the end of this year. President Alvi on Wednesday dissolved the National Assembly on the recommendation of outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ending the current government’s term three days ahead of schedule.
National Assembly dissolved under Article 58
In the notification regarding the dissolution of the National Assembly issued by the President’s Office ‘Presidential Palace’, it has been said that the National Assembly has been dissolved under Article 58 of the Constitution. According to Article 58, if the President fails to dissolve the Assembly within 48 hours of the Prime Minister’s recommendation, the Assembly is automatically dissolved.
Three names were proposed for caretaker prime minister
According to local media, three names were proposed, including former diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani and former Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jilani, who belonged to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). In addition, the name of Kamran Tesori, the governor of Sindh, was proposed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
What happens if the name of the Prime Minister is not decided within three days after the dissolution of the National Assembly?
If a name could not be agreed upon within three days, the matter would be referred to a committee set up by the President of the National Assembly, which would have to decide the name of the interim prime minister within three days. If the committee was unable to take a decision within the stipulated period, the proposed names were sent to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). After this, the commission would consider the names proposed by the opposition and the government.
The National Assembly was dissolved after former Prime Minister Imran Khan went to jail.
The move to dissolve the National Assembly was taken at a time when former Prime Minister Imran Khan is fighting a legal battle to overturn his conviction in a corruption case. Imran (70) was on Saturday sentenced to three years in jail by an Islamabad trial court in the Toshakhana corruption case for illegally selling government gifts during his tenure as prime minister from 2018 to 2022. He was later arrested by the Punjab Police from his Lahore residence. Imran is currently lodged in Attock jail. He filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday through his lawyers challenging his conviction and three-year jail term in the case.