Monday's appointment, announced by premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, comes amid growing political and economic instability, and ends weeks of wrangling between Abbasi's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party and the opposition. The military, which has ruled Pakistan for about half its history since independence in 1947, denies meddling in politics. Mulk, who also served as the interim chief of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), will head a technocratic government after the current government and parliament are dissolved on Thursday. "He's seen as a neutral judge in the past without any political affiliation," Rumi said. But Rumi warned the ECP may have an even bigger role to play in the run-up to the election, and had not been properly reformed.

Source: dna May 28, 2018 09:49 UTC