Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir left and Nawaz Sharif (former PM) right
Lahore: It is true that Pakistan Army interfered in government formation. Sources from the party of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have made this claim. According to party sources, the Pakistani Army had offered Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif to either become the PM or make his daughter the Chief Minister of Punjab. The Pakistani Army had said that Nawaz would have to choose only one of these two options. Therefore he backed out from becoming PM. Let us tell you that after this offer from Pakistani Army, Nawaz has given up his ambition of becoming Prime Minister for the record fourth time.
After this he has nominated his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif for this post. Party sources gave this information. Party sources said he took this decision after the powerful army gave him two options. The Army had asked him to choose between becoming the Prime Minister or making his daughter Maryam Nawaz the Chief Minister of Punjab province. The nomination of Shehbaz Sharif for the post of Prime Minister by the PML-N chief had triggered a debate in the party as to why three-time Prime Minister Nawaz was ‘sidelined’ despite being declared a contender for the post earlier.
Nawaz left the desire of PM to make his daughter his successor
Nawaz Sharif has decided to withdraw himself from the race for the post of prime minister in favor of his daughter and political successor Maryam Nawaz, 50, a party source told PTI here. “Nawaz Sharif could have become the prime minister to lead the coalition government for the fourth time but then his daughter would have had no chance of becoming the chief minister of Punjab,” the source said. Nawaz gave up his desire to become Prime Minister for the fourth time for the sake of his daughter. Sources said that after the poor performance of his party in the general elections on February 8, the army had given two options to Nawaz Sharif. The source said that since 72-year-old Shehbaz Sharif was the army’s favourite, Nawaz Sharif was ultimately sidelined on pretext. (Language)
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