30 July,2017 11:31 AM IST | Islamabad | Agencies
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nom- inated Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the interim prime minister following Nawaz Sharif's disqualification
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Pic/AFP
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nom- inated Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the interim prime minister following Nawaz Sharif's disqualification.
Abbasi's name was agreed upon in the meeting of the PML-N's advisory meeting by all members on Saturday.
After the interim prime minister is elected, a new cabinet will be formed. Abbasi previously served as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources in the third Sharif's ministry from 2013 to 2017 and briefly held the cabinet portfolio of Minister for Commerce and Ministry of Defence Production in the Gillani ministry in 2008.
Meanwhile, the party has announced Nawaz Sharif's younger brother Shehbaz Sharif as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Shehbaz will steer the country until the next general elections scheduled for 2018.
On Friday, the Supreme Court five-judge larger bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa unanimously announced the Panamagate verdict leading to Sharif's disqualification.
It is the second time in Pakistan's 70-year history that the Supreme Court has disqualified a sitting prime minister.
