PML-N’s Rana Tanveer appointed as PAC chairman

ISLAMABAD: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has appointed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Tanveer as its chairman.

Newly appointed Rana Tanveer has replaced PML-N resident president Shehbaz Sharif.

During the meeting, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak suggested the name of Rana Tanveer for the post of the committee chairman.

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Meanwhile, PTI’s member Amir Dogar and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Raja Pervez Ashraf also supported Tanveer’s name.

Responding to the decision, the PML-N leader thanked the participants for believing in him and said that reforms are required in PAC to improve its performance.

The appointment came after (NA) Shehbaz Sharif resigned from the post of chairman of PAC.

It was Shehbaz Sharif and his party’s choice to appoint Rana Tanveer Hussain as PAC chairman.

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In Shehbaz Sharif’s resignation, which he submitted on 18th November, nominated party MNA from Sheikhupura Rana Tanvir Hussain as his replacement.