Shehbaz Sharif, Pak Opposition Leader Likely To Replace Imran Khan

New Delhi:
Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of the Opposition, is being thought of a frontrunner to be Pakistan’s subsequent prime minister. He’s little identified exterior Pakistan however has a popularity domestically as an efficient administrator.

1. The youthful brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the 70-year-old is main the opposition’s try and topple the federal government led by Imran Khan, who was dismissed Sunday as Pakistan prime minister after shedding a no-confidence vote in parliament following weeks of political turmoil.

2. Analysts say Shehbaz, in contrast to Nawaz Sharif, enjoys amicable relations with Pakistan’s army, which historically controls overseas and defence coverage within the nation of twenty-two crore folks.

3. Shehbaz Sharif’s administrative abilities had been on show when, as chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, he labored carefully with China on Beijing-funded tasks.

4. He mentioned in an interview final week that good ties with the US had been vital for Pakistan for higher or for worse, in distinction to Mr Khan’s antagonistic relationship with Washington.

5. Shehbaz was imprisoned following a army coup in Pakistan in 1999 and exiled to Saudi Arabia. He returned to the nation in 2007. Shehbaz entered the nationwide scene when he grew to become the chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz occasion after Nawaz Sharif was discovered responsible in 2017 on expenses of concealing belongings associated to the Panama Papers revelations.