PML-N will elect new PM with 235 votes, claims Saad Rafique

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Tuesday that God willing, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will be elected the prime minister today with 235 votes.

In a series of tweets, the PML-N leader from Lahore said: “Who all will you stop and till how long — PML-N members are sadiq [honest], amin [truthful] and Nawaz Sharif”.

Rafique vowed that despite the hurdles and conspiracies, they will take forward Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan.

Rafique is a veteran PML-N politician and was the railways minister in the Nawaz Sharif cabinet which stood dissolved following his disqualification from the Supreme Court on Friday.

Sharif was disqualified under Article 62 (1) (f) of the Constitution over his failure to disclose un-withdrawn receivables constituting assets from a UAE-based company. It implied he was not ‘honest’ and ‘truthful’, as per the country’s Constitution.

The National Assembly meets today to elect a new prime minister. PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is poised to become the country’s 18th prime minister owing to the party’s majority in the Lower House.