As the PML-N and PPP have formally started consultations to form a government in the Centre with the help of their allies, the PPP is to convene a meeting of its central executive committee today in Islamabad to deliberate on the former’s proposals.

Insiders had told Dawn that the PML-N wanted to keep the slot of the prime minister, just like the PDM coalition government, and in return, it offered to the PPP the coveted slots of the president, National Assembly speaker, and the Senate chairman.

Separately, a meeting between Nawaz Sharif and PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujat was due in Lahore on Sunday evening. However, it was postponed for Monday (today) in Islamabad.

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