CM, Opposition Leader fail to agree on Punjab caretaker CM name.

LAHORE -- The matter of appointing a caretaker chief minister in Punjab eventually landed in the parliamentary committee after expiry of the constitutional deadline of three days during which the chief minister and the opposition leader failed to evolve consensus over one name. In this connection, Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman wrote a letter to the Speaker Punjab Assembly at 10:10 pm (Tuesday night) informing him about a lack of consensus between the chief minister and the leader of opposition in the outgoing Punjab Assembly over the name of one person as the caretaker chief minister of Punjab. 'Since the chief minister and the leader of the opposition have failed to agree on any name for care: taker CM within the stipulated time in accordance with Article 224(1A) of the Constitution, I have written a letter to the Speaker, Punjab Assembly so that the process can be taken forward for the appointment of care: taker CM as per Article 224A (2) of the Constitution', a communique issued from the Governor House said.

According to the relevant article of the constitution, the PA speaker will constitute a six: member parliamentary committee with equal representation of the two sides to evolve consensus over one name within three...