Nawaz Sharif may retain foreign affairs portfolio

May 16, 2013 21:18

Pakistan's prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif may retain the crucial foreign affairs portfolio with himself despite intense lobbying within the PML-N party for the plum post, sources said today.

Sharif, who is set for an unprecedented third term as premier after the PML-N won the May 11 general elections, may appoint an adviser to assist him in handling foreign affairs, party insiders said.

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