islamabad pakistans prime minister shehbaz sharif has ruled out the possibility of the appointment of finance minister ishaq dar as the caretaker prime minister saying a neutral person will be selected to lead the interim government next month to make upcoming general elections transparentshehbaz sharif also the pakistan muslim leaguenawaz pmln party president indicated that nawaz sharif threetime former prime minister and his elder brother who has been living in selfimposed exile in london since 2019 will return to pakistan in the next few weeksthe 73yearold pmln supremo will be the prime minister if the party wins the election he saidhe told geo news that the notification of the dissolution of the national assembly na would be sent to president arif alvi a few days ahead of the completion of the tenure of the lower house of parliamenthe maintained that the na will complete its tenure at 12 midnight on august 12he said the caretaker setup would be agreed upon after consultation with allied parties pmln supreme leader nawaz sharif and the leader of opposition in the national assembly raja riazshehbazs remarks came after rumours suggesting that dar would be appointed as the interim prime minister so that the cashstrapped country which recently received nearly usd 3 billion from the imf as a bailout can implement the policies to overcome the financial woesa neutral person should be appointed to this position so that no one could question the results of the election shehbaz said agreeing with his coalition partners who favoured a nonpartisan politician to lead the caretaker setupi assure you there will be a very efficient interim government at the centre he addedhe said the pmln would try to make seat adjustments with allied parties adding that the party would field his candidate in the constitutes where they could not reach a consensusa bill to empower the caretaker setup to take policy decisions was recently passed by parliamentshehbaz also said that pmln supremo nawaz sharif will face the law upon his return to pakistannawaz sharif was disqualified in 2017 by the supreme court in 2018 he became ineligible to hold public office for life after a supreme court verdict in the panama papers casethe pmln supreme leader has been living in selfexile in the united kingdom since november 2019before his departure to london on a fourweek bail by the lahore high court on medical grounds nawaz sharif was serving a sevenyear jail term in the alazizia mills corruption caseabout forthcoming elections the premier said nawaz sharif would be the next prime minister if his party came to powerresponding to a question shehbaz termed the may 9 riots triggered by the arrest of former prime minister imran khan in a graft case a conspiracy against pakistancalling khan the pakistan tehreekeinsaf pti chairman the mastermind of the black day riots the premier said the violence was aimed at toppling the military leadership and initiating a civil war in the countrybeing a prime minister i am saying this on the basis of