Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif elected as new PM after Khan ousted

Pakistan lawmakers on Monday elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister following the weekend ouster of Imran Khan, who resigned his national assembly seat – along with most of his party members – ahead of the vote. Khan was dismissed on Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an unlikely alliance that faces the same issues which bedevilled the cricket star-turned-politician – a weak economy, rising militancy, and soured relations with the West. Sharif immediately announced a raft of populist measures, including a new minimum wage of 25,000 rupees (around $…

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