{"id":349072,"date":"2023-08-14T00:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=349072"},"modified":"2023-08-14T00:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:12:52","slug":"kakar-surrenders-bap-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kakar-surrenders-bap-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Kakar surrenders BAP membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of oath-taking<br \/>\nAnwaarul Haque Kakar also relinquishes Senate position before being sworn in as caretaker PM<br \/>\nIslamabad<br \/>\nSenator Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, who was recently nominated as the interim prime minister, announced on Sunday that he will be surrendering his membership of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and relinquishing his Senate position.<br \/>\n\u201cOwing to the fundamental responsibility conferred upon me as the caretaker prime minister, I have decided to surrender my membership of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and relinquish my Senate position,\u201d he wrote on his Twitter handle.<br \/>\nHe also requested prayers and support from the public during this time of transition.Senator Kakar was named interim PM on Saturday after the National Assembly was dissolved on August 9, three days shy of completing its five-year term.<br \/>\nAssociated with the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and formerly Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Kakar was nominated by Shehbaz and dissident Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Raja Riaz after three days of deliberation.<br \/>\nA summary was sent to President Arif Alvi, who approved it under Article 224-1A of the Constitution of Pakistan.<br \/>\nKakar is to be sworn in as caretaker prime minister on August 14 &#8211; Independence Day.<br \/>\nShehbaz said that the name of a \u201csuitable person\u201d was agreed upon as in line with the Constitution, which calls for a consensus between the outgoing premier and opposition leader, according to a statement by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office. 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