JUNE 2012
ISLAMABAD, (Akram Abid): Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Ellahi would not be empowered to exercise any powers of the Prime Minister and would be a symbolic DY PM.
Highly placed sources said that there is no clarification in the official rules and regulation regarding the privileges of the deputy prime minister.
Deputy PM would have no role to play in the absence of prime minister and according to constitution and the law; the powers of the Prime Minister would remain with PM whenever he would visit abroad. This confirmation has been made by the government official source.
While mentioning the details of the notification of Dy PM, Sources said that regarding the status of deputy prime minister, clarification was made in the notification that deputy prime minister would not exercise the powers of prime minister in any way.
Prime Minister would lead the cabinet for running the affairs of the country. the portfolio of Dy; PM may be abolished on completion of the constitutional tenure of Chaudhry Pervaiz Ellahi as Deputy Prime Minister, as it is pertinent to mention here that it has been said in the notification that this portfolio would exist till further orders, that means that the notification may be reverted later, sources said .
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