Parliamentary committee meets today to name Punjab caretaker CM.

LAHORE -- As the matter of appointment of a caretaker Punjab chief minister is most likely to be decided by the Election Commission of Pakistan owing to the anticipated disagreement between the government and the opposition, Punjab Chief Minister Ch Parvez Elahi Thursday declared that the PTI-PMLQ alliance will not accept a chief minister appointed by the Election Commission. 'We are aware of the thinking and intentions of the Election Commission which is instituting false cases against Imran Khan on an almost daily basis', he said while talking to the media here. Parvez Elahi also threatened that they will not let the caretaker chief minister to perform his duties if he is appointed by the chief election commissioner. 'We will approach the Supreme Court [against the ECP's decision]', he added. The chief minister said that they had given three names of impartial personalities for the caretaker CM slot including that of Shehbaz Sharif's own Cabinet Secretary Mr. Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera. 'We also gave the name of Mr Khosa who remained Chief Secretary of Shehbaz Sharif and Commissioner as well', he said. Answering a question regarding the anticipated merger of the PML-Q with the PTI, he said that party office bearers will consult party workers at the gross-roots level in this regard and then a decision will be made accordingly. He said his party would vigorously contest elections whenever they are held. He also clarified that he did not make any promise with anyone for not dissolving the assembly adding that he had already handed over in writing to Imran Khan about the dissolution of Punjab Assembly Also, a meeting of the parliamentary committee constituted by the Punjab Assembly Speaker Mohammad Sibtain Khan is scheduled to take place on Friday (Today) at 3:00pm in the Assembly building to decide the name of a caretaker chief minister. The PTI and the PML-Q have nominated Malik Aslam Iqbal, Mohammad Basharat Raja and Hashim Jawan Bakht as committee members whereas Malik Mohammad Ahmad Khan, Syed Hassan Murtaza and Malik Nadeem Kamran will be representing the Opposition in the committee. The chief minister's panel includes names of Cabinet Secretary Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera and ex-Punjab Chief Secretary Naveed Akram Cheema. The names of Nasir Mahmood Khosa and Naseer Khan have been dropped from the chief minister's list. Hamza Shehbaz's panel...