Shahid Khaqan Abbasi picked as interim Pak PM

July 29, 2017 17:31

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been named as Pakistan's interim Prime Minister.

Abbasi will run the government as interim prime minister until Nawaz Sharif's brother Shahbaz is elected as member of parliament, Pakistan media said.

In order to become the prime minister, he would have to be elected first.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court disqualified 67-year-old Nawaz Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing the embattled leader out of office.

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