Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to form a new Cabinet on Monday after a week-long delay amid deliberations on how to accommodate all coalition partners, according to a media report.
According to reports in Pakistani media, President Arif Alvi has excused himself from administering oaths to new cabinet ministers, following which the ceremony has been postponed.
As Pakistan is set to elect its new Prime Minister on Monday, Former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has submitted the nomination papers for the top seat from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after a meeting of party s core committee headed by Imran Khan.
According to sources, PML-N has collected more than one nomination paper for the election from the NA secretariat. The nomination papers will go under scrutiny at 3:00 pm and a list of the candidates will be displayed after scrutiny.