The PML-N’s constitution makes it mandatory for CWC to appoint an acting president within seven days of the removal of the party president and appoint a regular party president within 45 days. How can the CWC then elect party president if it has ceased to exist?” said a senior PML-N official while requesting anonymity. The chairman conducts the proceedings of the CWC and PML-N’s General Council to elect the party president, he added. But another PML-N source argued that the steps taken by the party president cannot be endorsed, supported, influenced or overruled by the chairman. The Supreme Court’s orders are crystal clear – all the actions taken by Sharif as PML-N chief are null and void and his reconstitution of the CWC is no exception.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune February 24, 2018 04:20 UTC