Coalition parties entrust PM to make military appointments

• The leaders of coalition parties repose in PM Shehbaz Sharif
• The coalition partners would fully support the prime minister’s decision
• The prime minister thanked leaders of coalition parties for holding a consultation

ISLAMABAD: The leaders of coalition parties in the federal government on Wednesday expressed their full confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to make a decision on the appointment of military leaders.

During a meeting held here at the PM House on a one-point agenda of constitutional appointments, the leadership of all the coalition parties entrusted the prime minister to take decisions on these appointments.

According to sources, the coalition partners’ leadership fully entrusted the prime minister with full authority to take decisions. The coalition partners said they would fully support the prime minister’s decision.

On the occasion, PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari said that it was the prime minister’s constitutional prerogative to take constitutional decisions.

The prime minister thanked the coalition parties’ leaders for holding a consultation. He also expressed his gratitude to the coalition parties’ leadership for reposing confidence in him.

During the meeting, PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told the prime minister that it was his constitutional right to make such appointments and they would fully support his decision.

Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman also reiterated support to the prime minister and said that they would own any decision taken by the prime minister.

PPP co-chairperson and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and leader of Balochistan Awami Party Dr Khalid Magsi also extended their full support to the prime minister.

MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui while expressing full confidence thanked the prime minister for holding a consultation with them. He said it was the constitutional mandate of the prime minister to take a decision.

Balochistan MNA Aslam Bhootani announced that the prime minister would take the decision under the constitution and they would fully endorse it. Mohsin Dawar and Quami Watan Party Chairman Aftab Ahmed Sherpao also lend full support to the prime minister in making decisions.

Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) leader Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti expressed that the constitution had given a prerogative to the prime minister. He lauded the democratic thinking of the prime minister for holding a consultation on the matter.

Senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that it was a matter of pride that all the leadership of the coalition parties had expressed complete confidence in the prime minister.

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