Dawn: Abbasi may endorse Shah’s nominee for caretaker PM

In this file photo, Syed Khurshid Shah, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), announces the nominee for prime ministership during a press conference in Islamabad on June 22, 2012. (AFP)

May 21: Dawn report by Zulqernain Tahir states that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Sunday called on PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif at Jati Umra and discussed the matter of caretaker prime minister ahead of his final meeting with Oppo­sition Leader Khursheed Shah on Tuesday. The trio also reported to have discussed defections from the party, NAB cases and rallies in connection with the election campaign.

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