Pakistan

Shehbaz Sherif set to become Pakistan’s next prime minister after Khan’s ouster

Pakistan’s opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif has submitted his nomination to be the next prime minister after incumbent Imran Khan lost a no-confidence vote in the parliament.

Shehbaz, 70, the younger brother of three-time premier Nawaz Sharif, is widely expected to replace him following a vote on Monday.

Marriyum Aurangzeb, a spokeswoman for the party confirmed on Sunday that the chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had handed in his nomination papers. Sharif says he is almost certain to be picked to lead the 220 million people after weeks of high political drama.

Pakistan’s former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) has also submitted nomination papers for the election of the country’s next premier

Khan’s government fell in the early hours of Sunday. The no-confidence vote came after a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan’s PTI that started on Saturday morning.

The vote means Khan will no longer hold office and the country’s lower house will now elect a new prime minister and government.

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