{"id":308504,"date":"2023-01-20T01:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=308504"},"modified":"2023-01-20T01:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:25:48","slug":"pti-trims-names-for-punjab-caretaker-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pti-trims-names-for-punjab-caretaker-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI trims names for Punjab caretaker CM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U-turn<br \/>\n LAHORE<br \/>\nThe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday took another U-turn as it opted to leave out one of its named candidates for the slot of Punjab\u2019s caretaker chief minister who turned out to be a dual national. The PTI in a high-level confab decided to withdraw the nomination of Naseer Khan for the slot of caretaker chief minister. The party has now forwarded two names \u2014 Ahmed Sukhera and Naveed Cheema. Cheema is a former chief secretary of Punjab. PTI\u2019s third nominee Nasir Khoosa has already excused himself from taking over even if he is selected by the government and opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U-turn LAHORE The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday took another U-turn as it opted to leave out one of its named candidates for the slot of Punjab\u2019s caretaker chief minister who turned out to be a dual national. 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