Decisi­on taken in a PML-N meetin­g at Jati UmraPML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has nominated Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif as party’s candidate for the prime minister in the 2018 elections. The decision was taken in a party meeting at the ousted prime minister’s Jati Umra residence, Express News reported on Thursday. Quoting sources, the channel said Nawaz praised the chief minister for his hard-working nature and devotion to public service. On July 28, the top court had disqualified Nawaz for failing to declare an unclaimed salary from a Dubai-based company of his son, as an asset when filing his nomination papers in 2013. However, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was later nominated to be the prime minister.

Source: The Express Tribune December 21, 2017 09:28 UTC