"In response to the President's letter, after consultation and approval from the PTI Corps Committee, Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed for the post of caretaker prime minister," he shared on the micro-blogging website.

Pakistan is currently at a political crossroad where the president has dissolved the National Assembly, while the opposition has moved the country's top court against the NA speaker's decision not to hold the no-confidence vote against PM Imran as well as the legality of the president's decision to dissolve assemblies on the advice of a prime minister who is facing a no-confidence vote.

Nominee for caretaker PM

Justice Gulzar, who was sworn in as the chief justice in December 2019, retired in February 21 this year.

Justice Gulzar hails from a family of jurists and his father Noor Muhammad was a renowned lawyer in Karachi.

He did his elementary schooling from Karachi's Gulistan School, then went on to get a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Government National College, Karachi. He then obtained his law degree from SM Law College.

He enrolled as an advocate in 1986 before joining the High Court two years later. He became an advocate of the Supreme Court on September 15, 2001.

Ahmed was elevated as Judge of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Aug 27, 2002. He was notified as Senior Puisne Judge of the SHC on Feb 14, 2011, and was elevated to Supreme Court later that year on November 16.