2024-02-16 07:02:12
Shehbaz Sharif becomes prime minister, niece Maryam becomes head of government in Punjab, and Asif Ali Zardari becomes president. And the ex-prime minister comes away empty-handed.
Imran Khan has lost the game for power in Pakistan for the time being. The former prime minister named Omar Ayub Khan as his candidate for the election as prime minister from prison in Rawalpindi. However, the nomination has no more than symbolic value.
On the one hand, the general secretary of the Islamist Justice Party (PTI), the grandson of a former military dictator, went into hiding after the parliamentary elections a week ago because he was threatened with charges and imprisonment. On the other hand, the independent candidates, who achieved a sensational coup with more than a third of the seats after the PTI was excluded from the election and under the most adverse conditions, lack the votes for a parliamentary majority.
A horse trade
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