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PML-N's Shehbaz Sharif, PTI's Shah Mehmood Qureshi file nominations for post of Pak PM

Sharif is the joint opposition's candidate for the post

Shehbaz-Sharif-pic Shehbaz Sharif | Reuters

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif, the joint opposition's candidate for the post of Pakistan prime minister, and Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi filed nominations for PM's election.

The move came hours after unceremonious ouster of Imran Khan from office through a no-confidence vote held early Sunday morning.

In accordance with the deadline of the submission stipulated by the National Assembly, 70-year-old Shehbaz, brother of brother of Nawaz Sharif, submitted nomination papers for the new leader of the house.

"Special thanks to media, civil society, lawyers, my Quaid Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto, Khalid Maqbool, Khalid Magsi, Mosin Dawar, Ali Wazir, Amir Haider Hoti & leaders & workers of all political parties for standing up for the Constitution!" he tweeted.

Can’t appreciate enough the sacrifices and political struggle of PMLN family, Shehbaz said.

Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Ali Zaradri had proposed Shehbaz's name for prime minister's post in a joint opposition's meeting last month.

PML-N senior leaders Khawaja Asif and Rana Tanveer will act as endorsers for Shehbaz.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party nominated 65-year-old Qureshi as its candidate for the premier's post.

According to The Dawn, PTI objected to Shehbaz's nomination, leading to a heated exchange of words between Qureshi and PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal. However, the objections of the party were rejected and the nomination papers of both the leaders were accepted.

PTI leaders Aamir Dogar and Ali Muhammad Khan will serve as endorsers for the party's vice-chairman.

The National Assembly Secretariat had earlier announced the time for the submission of nomination papers and scrutiny for the election of premier and leader of the house.

With PTI inputs

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