Shehbaz Sharif elected President
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N members elected Shehbaz Sharif as the president and Maryam Nawaz as the senior vice president of the party in the intra-party elections in Islamabad.
PML-N announced this late Friday night after a meeting of the general council of the party in Islamabad. The party also elected several other office-bearers.
The newly elected officials are Ahsan Iqbal (general secretary), Marriyum Aurangzeb (secretary of information), Ataullah Tarar (deputy secretary(, and Ishaq Dar (secretary of finance and overseas affairs).
The party elected all the office-bearers unopposed. It shows unity within the main ruling coalition party.
In 2018, Shehbaz Sharif assumed the PML-N leadership when the Supreme Court barred former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from heading the party due to corruption charges.
Nawaz Sharif to become PM for the fourth time
Meanwhile, addressing the party workers, Shehbaz Sharif expressed his desire for Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan.
He also aspired to work as “Nawaz’s soldier” when Nawaz contests the next election to become prime minister for the fourth time.
PM Shehbaz talked about the challenges the government is facing in fulfilling the IMF’s conditions. He said the government was trying to secure a ‘short-term agreement’ with IMF.
Moreover, PM Shehbaz said that the return of Nawaz Sharif would lead to a significant transformation in the economy of the country.
PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif gets Degree from Punjab University
The PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, who is in London, has received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Punjab. The examination branch of the University of Punjab issued a duplicate degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA) to Nawaz Sharif.
The former PM Nawaz Sharif applied for his duplicate bachelor’s degree. Sharif applied through someone else and the University issued his BA degree’s duplicate copy.
The University of Punjab charged a fee of Rs2,990 on June 7 for issuing a degree to Nawaz Sharif.
Importantly, in 1968, Nawaz Sharif graduated from the University of Punjab as a student of the Government College (GC) Lahore (now GC University).
