Consultations are ongoing on whether to appoint an acting chief and the PML-N leadership is in no hurry to make a pick in this regard either, The Express Tribune has learnt. “The foremost urgency to appoint a party chief stemmed from that fact that the party’s nominations for Senate polls needed to be approved by the new party chief. After the ECP’s decision to allow PML-N candidates contest the polls as independents, outside the party’s platform, there is no urgency to appoint a party chief. Some circles believe that Shehbaz is regarded as the top pick while others believe Kulsoom would be made PML-N chief. Reportedly, other than the option to assign Zafarul Haq to run the party temporarily, the name of PML-N Chief Election Commissioner Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal is also under consideration for appointment as PML-N’s acting chief.

Source: The Express Tribune February 23, 2018 04:18 UTC