ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s ruling party and the opposition on Monday selected a former chief justice as the country’s caretaker prime minister for an interim two-month period pending parliamentary elections this summer. The government of the Pakistan Muslim League party formally ends on Thursday, when the nation’s parliament will be dissolved ahead of the July 25 balloting. Whoever wins majority in parliament in that vote will name the next prime minister. Outgoing Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and opposition leader Khursheed Shah announced Monday that Nasir-ul-Mulk has been appointed caretaker prime minister. Imran Khan, the country’s popular opposition lawmaker and former cricket star who aspires to become Pakistan’s prime minister after the July elections, also welcomed Mulk’s appointment.

Source: National Post May 28, 2018 08:26 UTC