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| Pakistani parliament to elect new prime minister on Tuesday | |
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| Pakistan’s parliament will elect a new prime minister on Tuesday to replace ousted leader Nawaz Sharif, with ruling party stalwart Shahid Khaqan Abbasi expected to become interim leader until Sharif’s own brother is eligible. | |
| The confirmation from parliament came after Pakistan’s president, Mamnoon Hussain, convened a special session following Sharif’s decision to put forward his ally Abbasi as interim leader and named his brother Shahbaz, 65, as long-term successor. | The confirmation from parliament came after Pakistan’s president, Mamnoon Hussain, convened a special session following Sharif’s decision to put forward his ally Abbasi as interim leader and named his brother Shahbaz, 65, as long-term successor. |
| Critics slammed Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party’s plans as dynastic and undemocratic, while the opposition leader, Imran Khan, called it a form of monarchy. | |
| Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which held street protests until the supreme court agreed to investigate Sharif, planned to hold a rally in Islamabad on Sunday to celebrate his removal. | Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which held street protests until the supreme court agreed to investigate Sharif, planned to hold a rally in Islamabad on Sunday to celebrate his removal. |
| Sharif’s PML-N holds a majority with 188 seats in the 342-member parliament, so it should be able to swiftly install its choice, barring any defections from its own ranks. | Sharif’s PML-N holds a majority with 188 seats in the 342-member parliament, so it should be able to swiftly install its choice, barring any defections from its own ranks. |
| A quick handover could ease political upheaval sparked by the supreme court’s decision on Friday to disqualify Sharif for not declaring a source of income. The court also ordered a criminal investigation into him and his family. | A quick handover could ease political upheaval sparked by the supreme court’s decision on Friday to disqualify Sharif for not declaring a source of income. The court also ordered a criminal investigation into him and his family. |
| Sharif has lashed out against the court’s decision and opponents who used the supreme court to topple him, but vowed his party would continue to focus on economic development, touting a faster-growing economy as proof of his success. | Sharif has lashed out against the court’s decision and opponents who used the supreme court to topple him, but vowed his party would continue to focus on economic development, touting a faster-growing economy as proof of his success. |
| “Wheel of development is moving and may God keep it rolling and may it never stop,” he told members of the PML-N on Saturday night. On Sharif’s arrival, supporters chanted: “The Lion is here.” | |
| The turmoil and the premature end to Sharif’s third stint in power has raised questions about Pakistan’s democracy, as no prime minister has completed a full term in power since independence from British colonial rule in 1947. |