Nawaz Sharif elected unopposed PML-N president

PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif was elected unopposed as party president. - File photo

ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif was elected unopposed president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Head of Party’s Election Committee, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra announced it at Party’s General Council meeting held here at Convention Centre on Wednesday.
Outgoing Acting PML-N President, Javed Hashmi had proposed the name of Nawaz Sharif while Party Chairman, Raja Zafar-ul- Haq supported the nomination.
Jhagra informed the General Council that no other candidate filed the papers for the slot of party President.
He said that according to elections result, Javed Hashmi, Sartaj Aziz, Sardar Yaqoob Nasir, Raja Farooq Haider and Syed Ghous Ali Shah have also been elected Senior Vice Presidents.
Ahsan Iqbal and Mushahid Ullah Khan were elected as Party’s Deputy Secretary General and Secretary Information respectively.
All the new office bearers were elected unopposed as a consensus was already developed by the party’s leadership regarding the reorganization of party.
The General Council of PML-N also approved the amendments in the Party Constitutions. Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Party’s Members of National and Provincial Assemblies, more than 1,500 members of PML-N General Council from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhah, Balochistan, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad attended the meeting.

Nawaz and Zardari are both in the same boat: Imran Khan

The PTI chief urged youngsters to come out into the streets to make their decision on the current state of affairs. "The people are now demanding for change," he said.– AP Photo

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said that Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Zardari are both travellers on the same boat.
The PTI chief said this while making his way from Lahore to Faisalabad for a political rally. He was welcomed by PTI supporters and workers along the route.
Imran Khan said that the current political setup is filled with corrupt people. He criticised PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Zardari, blaming them for the current problems inflicting the country.
The PTI chief urged youngsters to come out into the streets to make their decision on the current state of affairs. “The people are now demanding for change,” he said.