Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was elected the president of PML-N unopposed on Tuesday, reclaiming his position as the head of his namesake party.
PML-N leader Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry submitted Sharif’s papers for party president in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) while no one other candidate from the party contested the election.
PML-N’s election commissioner Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal later announced Sharif as the unopposed party president during the ongoing meeting of the party’s general council. The crowd erupted in thunderous applause as soon as Sharif’s name was announced as the party president, amid chants of “prime minister Nawaz Sharif!”
Hundreds of members of the party’s general council, including ministers, MNAs and senators are attending the meeting taking place at the Convention Centre in Islamabad. Sharif will later address the meeting, which is being attended by all senior PML-N leaders including Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
