Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah reached a breakthrough in the meeting held Monday to finalise the caretaker premier.
Both parties have finalised the name of Mr. Nasir-ul-Mulk as the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Both opposition and ruling parties were in the discussions for a long period of time and finally went into an agreement during the sixth meeting between the two, with the previous five ending in a deadlock.
Nasir–ul–Mulk is a Pakistani jurist, and the former professor of law who served as the 22nd Chief Justice of Pakistan and is the nominated caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. Nominated as Chief Justice by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his appointment was confirmed by President Mamnoon Hussain on 6 July 2014. Earlier, he served as the acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, from 30 November 2013 to 6 July 2014.
Prior to be elevated as Senior Justice in 2005, Mulk tenured as the chief justice of Peshawar High Court in 2004. Since joining the Supreme Court, Mulk has taken textualistapproach on human rights and non-discrimination issues.
Nasir-ul-Mulk was born in tourist locality Swat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, on 17 August 1950.[7] He hails from a wealthy and politically influential Paracha family in Swat; his father Seth Kamran was a politician who served as Senator in Senate in the 1970s. His younger brother, Shuja-ul-Mulk, also served as Senator Senate.
