Pakistani lawmakers are set to confirm opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, after Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote early on Sunday.
The move will draw a line under weeks of political uncertainty that fuelled a devaluation of the rupee, dragged down the country’s stock market and forced the central bank to raise interest rates.
Khan, a former Pakistan cricket captain who became prime minister in 2018, said he accepted the no-confidence vote’s outcome, but called on supporters to peacefully protest against what he has painted as a foreign-orchestrated coup.
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