Ayub raises objections over acceptance of Shehbaz’s nomination, says he won election as results “manipulated”
\nIslamabad
\nThe nomination papers of Shehbaz Sharif and Omar Ayub for the elections of the prime minister or leader of the house in the National Assembly \u2014 slated for Sunday at 11am \u2014 have been approved.
\nThe Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) on Saturday submitted nomination papers for Shehbaz and Ayub, respectively.
\nThe Mutahhida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have all backed the PML-N\u2019s candidate, ensuring that he will be smoothly elected for the prime minister\u2019s slot once again. Ayub, on the other hand, does not have the numbers.
\nPML-N leaders Ishaq Dar, Hanif Abbasi, and PPP leader Khursheed Shah submitted the documents on behalf of Shehbaz. Seven MNAs are proposers and seven others are seconders for the former PM\u2019s nomination papers.
\nOn the other hand, the SIC has also submitted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ayub\u2019s nomination papers to the secretary of the lower house.
\nOn February 29, the National Assembly Secretariat issued the schedule of the election for prime minister\u2019s office according to which the election will take place on March 3 (tomorrow).
\nThe time for submission of nomination papers ended at 2pm on Saturday (today) while the time for scrutiny of the nomination papers ended at 3pm.
\nBoth major parties \u2014 PPP and PML-N \u2014 got their speaker and deputy speaker elected with ease in Friday\u2019s session, with the SIC and PTI-backed candidates suffering defeat.
\nFollowing the prime minister\u2019s election, the newly-elected lawmakers will also elect a new head of the state on March 9, marking an end to the tenure of PTI-backed President Arif Alvi.
\nHowever, PML-N and PPP\u2019s estranged ally Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, whose party has eight seats in the National Assembly, raised reservations over the polls and said that they would not vote for the president and prime minister.
\nAlthough the PML-N had Friday expressed hope for a breakthrough after the party\u2019s top brass met the JUI-F leadership, no positive news has come out yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ayub raises objections over acceptance of Shehbaz’s nomination, says he won election as results “manipulated” Islamabad The nomination papers of Shehbaz Sharif and Omar Ayub for the elections of the prime minister or leader of the house in the National Assembly \u2014 slated for Sunday at 11am \u2014 have been approved. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-391025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n