The Latest on political developments in Pakistan (all times local):8:40 p.m.Pakistan's newly-elected Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been sworn in to his office at the presidency palace in the capital, Islamabad. ———6 p.m.Pakistan's newly-elected Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has asked his countrymen to pay their taxes honestly as he plans to take stern action against those involved in tax evasion. Abbasi also said he hoped that one day the deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif would return to parliament. The speaker of Pakistan's lower house of parliament says the ruling party candidate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been elected as the prime minister with 221 votes. Abbasi will replace deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was disqualified by the Supreme Court on Friday for concealing his assets.

Source: ABC News August 01, 2017 12:30 UTC