Zardari, Shujaat discuss Punjab caretaker setup.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, on Sunday, called on former president Asif Ali Zardari, to discuss the formation of a caretaker setup in Punjab.

According to an official statement, Zardari and Shujaat examined the existing political circumstances in Punjab following the dissolution of the assembly. The two leaders also contacted senior Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leadership to discuss the caretaker setup in Punjab.

The PML-Q leader also congratulated Zardari on the Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) victory in the second phase of the local government elections in Sindh.

The statement added that federal ministers Chaudhry Salik Hussain and Chaudhry Shafay Hussain also attended the meeting.

On the other hand, PML-Q leader Parvez Elahi, after his huddle with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, announced the names of Sardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera, Naseer Ahmed Khan, and Nasir Saeed Khosa's names for the caretaker CM Punjab.

On Saturday, the Punjab Assembly was dissolved after the governor, Baligh Ur Rehman, refused...

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