The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to appoint Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, a Britain-based prominent Pakistani, as the next governor of Punjab province, a private TV channel reported on Friday.
According to the channel, PML-N president and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had taken his party leaders into confidence over Sarwar’s appointment to the top federal government position in the province. Sarwar has reportedly applied for revocation of his British citizenship and this development has further fuelled rumours that he has been given the nod for Punjab governorship.
Earlier three candidates were being considered for the post which included Sarwar, leading industrialist Farooq Khan and Senator Rafique Rajwana.