LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ishaq Dar will return to Pakistan on Monday along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ARY News reported on Saturday quoting sources.
A decision was taken during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s meeting with party supremo Nawaz Sharif in London on Saturday, say sources.
Dar will take oath as a Senator immediately after his return to Pakistan, they say.
Sources further said that Miftah Ismail, the current finance minister, will remain part of the government’s economic team, while Ishaq Dar will assume charge as the coalition government’s new finance minister.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reached London to meet his brother and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to discuss the ongoing political situation in the country.
Both leaders discussed the strategy to deal with PTI Chief Imran Khan’s call for a long march
, sources informed ARY News.Sources revealed that the two leaders also discussed the strategy to overthrow PTI’s government in Punjab.
Earlier today, it emerged that the ruling coalition has decided to hand over the finance ministry to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ishaq Dar after he returns to the country.
According to sources, the ruling coalition has decided to give tough time to opposition as the government starts taking measures to end the current political uncertainty.
Sources told ARY News that PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, and PDM Chief Fazlur Rehman were in contact to end the political crisis in the country.
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