Imran Khan proposes Ex-CJP Gulzar Ahmed as caretaker PM

The core committee of PTI has proposed the name of former Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed as the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, ex-information and law minister Fawad Chaudhry on Mondyay tweeted the news. The proposal of Gulzar -- who laid down his robes on February 1, 2022 -- came after President Arif Alvi sent letters to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif to seek suggestions for the appointment of a caretaker Prime Minister. In case the two politicians can't reach a consensus over one name within three days, each one of them will send two names to the parliamentarian committee responsible for appointing a caretaker Prime Minister. Meanwhile , PTI Chairman Imran Khan will continue as the Prime Minister despite being de-notified as the premier till the appointment of a caretaker PM, the President's Secretariat said in a release issued after Sunday midnight. Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardai said that Imran Khan's ego is not more important than Pakistan.

Surly a plot of this scale would have been uncovered by our own intelligence agencies and other institutions not just an ambassadors cable? Imran’s ego is not more important than Pakistan.

— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) April 4, 2022

Meanwhile,  the Pakistan Supreme Court has adjourned for the day, after hearing the first set of arguments challenging the President's decision to dissolve the National Assembly. A bench of the country's apex court will resume hearing the matter at 12 pm Tuesday. During the proceedings on Monday, Justice Muneeb Akhtar said that a speaker of the National Assembly can reject a resolution such as a no-confidence motion as per the rules of the Assembly.