ISLAMABAD (National Times) – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has formed a 21-member supreme committee in the wake of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab.

Sources told that first session of the committee will be held under the supervision of PM Imran in Islamabad today.

Political strategy regarding the elections will be devised in the meeting.

The meeting will be attended by Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar, Governor Chaudhry Sarwar, Minister for Local Government and Community Development Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed, Senator Saifullah Niazi, Amir Kiyani, federal ministers Fawad Chaudhry, Hamamd Azhar and Shafqat Mahmood.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Federal Minister of Communication and Postal Services Murad Saeed will also participate in the session.

The members will review the list of candidates contesting for mayor polls in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Gujrat and Sialkot.

In a post on social-networking website Twitter, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry informed that consultative meeting of senior PTI leaders will also be held today in Islamabad.