Caretaker setup: PM-Opposition leader meeting remains inconclusive

The meeting between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and opposition leader in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah remained inconclusive and no decision was taken as to who would be the Caretaker Prime Minister. This was the situation after their fourth sitting on Friday with reports that the announcement has been delayed till 22 May, Tuesday.
In an informal interaction with reporters after the meeting with the Prime Minister at his chamber in Parliament House, the opposition leader acknowledged that, "so far no name has been finalized". Khurshid Shah stated that there was a brief discussion with the Prime Minister on the matter during their meeting as the Prime Minister was leaving for Turkey to attend the special session of OIC on the issue of Israeli massacre of Palestinians.
He added that the Prime Minister wanted another meeting on Sunday but, at his suggestion, the meeting between the two was delayed till Tuesday. Opposition leader was hopeful that the name of the caretaker prime minister will be announced by Tuesday. The Prime Minister and leader of the opposition are required to agree on one name through consultation before June 3 else the matter will be referred to parliamentary committee before landing in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) if the committee failed to finalize the name of caretaker Prime Minister.
Article 224A of the Constitution of Pakistan says that, if the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly do not agree on any person to be appointed as the care-taker Prime Minister, within three days of the dissolution of the National Assembly, they shall forward two nominees each to a Committee to be immediately constituted by the Speaker of the National Assembly, comprising eight members of the outgoing National Assembly, or the Senate, or both, having equal representation from the Treasury and the Opposition, to be nominated by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition respectively.
Sources said that the ruling party does not want the matter to be referred to the ECP and that is why it gave a free hand to the opposition leader to decide on a non controversial and reputable person as the next caretaker prime minister.