Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ready to accept party’s decision regarding caretaker PM

The former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the party’s decision for caretaker prime minister will be accepted.

According to the media reports, Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi made these remarks while talking to journalists in Talagang today (Saturday, August 5). He said that there is no position in the party and I am not a minister, I will fulfill whatever responsibility I get.

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The former Prime Minister further stated that the decision of the caretaker Premier will be taken in consultation with the Prime Minister and the opposition leader. He said that the elections will be held in 90 days after the dissolution of the assembly.

The PMLN Leader added that the elections under the new or old census are the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

On the other hand, the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Prime Minister, Imran Khan has also been arrested from Lahore after the decision of Islamabad Sessions Court in the Toshakhana case today.

Earlier, the Sessions Court sentenced PTI Chairman to three years imprisonment in the Toshakhana case. A hearing was held on the admissibility of the Tosha Khana case in the Sessions Court.

Judge Humayun Dilawar noted in his judgment that the claims against Chairman PTI in the Toshakhana case are established, as is the charge of revealing phony assets against him. He added that Chairman PTI had received a three-year prison term and that arrest warrants had been issued for him. He claimed that Chairman PTI had been fined one lakh rupees and that the motion for admission had been denied.