Islamabad: Former petroleum minister and senior Pakistan Muslim League-(Nawaz) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will be appointed as interim prime minister of Pakistan after Nawaz Sarif was disqualified by the Supreme Court in Panamagate case.
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was also disqualified by the Supreme Court in the case.
Abbasi will run the government as interim prime minister until Nawaz Sharif’s brother Shahbaz is elected as member of parliament.
After a consultative session of the ruling PML-N, Shahbaz has emerged as the most likely candidate to be the next prime minister of Pakistan after an interim premier has served the 45-day period, Geo News reported.
(Agencies)
