The Pakistan parliament elected former prime minister and businessman Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday to replace Nawaz Sharif who was dismissed on Friday after a corruption case.
Mr. Abbasi won 221 votes in his favor, far more than the 172 votes out of a total of 342 votes. He must be sworn in later in the evening. There was little doubt that the outcome of the vote was clear, as Abbasi was supported by Mr. Sharif himself and his party, the PML-N, a majority in Parliament.
Thanking the assembly, the new head of government paid tribute to his mentor Nawaz Sharif, saying that “not a penny” of corruption had been proved against him, despite the sudden ruling of the Supreme Court Ended his third term at the head of the country on
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