Pakistan Appoints Former Chief Justice as Interim PM

The current government is set to dissolve on May 31 and general elections will be held on July 25.

Drazen Jorgic

The current government is set to dissolve on May 31 and general elections will be held on July 25.

pakistan appoints former chief justice as interim pm

Credit: Reuters

Islamabad: Pakistan on May 28 appointed former chief justice Nasir Ul Mulk as interim prime minister until general elections are held on July 25, premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said.

"No Pakistani can lift a finger (against) such a name," Abbasi told reporters, seated next to opposition leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah.

The announcement ends weeks of wrangling between Abbasi's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Shah's Pakistan People's Party.

Mulk, who also served as the interim chief of the Election Commission of Pakistan, will head a technocratic government until elections as the current government and parliament will be dissolved on Thursday.

The interim administration usually does not make any major decisions until the new government is elected, though it may be forced to act to shore up the economy amid a worsening macroeconomic outlook.

(Reuters)

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