The Pakistan business Forum (PBF), on Sunday, suggested the coalition government and opposition leader reach a consensus on the name of an experienced economist for the position of caretaker prime minister in light of the country’s economic situation.
PBF Central Executive Committee, in a statement issued here, opined that country needed an economist to cope up the economic challenges in the interim period of the general elections. The committee also suggested Names of Dr. Hafiz Ahmed Pasha, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ashfaque Hassan Khan and Shabbar Zaidi as the possible best contenders for the slot.
Central Vice President PBF, Ahmad Jawad, said that PBF wanted an economist as caretaker premier to ensure the implementation of a badly-needed $3 billion short-term financial package from the International Monetary Fund that the South Asian nation clinched recently, giving its economy a much-awaited respite.
Ahmad Jawad further added that the caretaker PM should be a consensus candidate for ensuring the conduct of free and fair polls which is a prerequisite for the economic revival in the country.
