Photo: Reutersgettyimages-609537992.jpg Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Getty ImagesOusted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced plans on Saturday for his brother Shahbaz to take over as leader of the country and lashed out at the Supreme Court ruling that barred him from office. But opposition party leader and former cricket star Imran Khan derided Sharif's plan to make his brother prime minister as a flaw in Pakistani politics. Dynastic politics have a long history in Pakistan, though no prime minister has completed a full term since independence from British colonial rule in 1947. "We know very well what the crime of Nawaz Sharif and the Muslim League is.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 29, 2017 22:52 UTC