Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz agreed on August 12 to name Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker premier to oversee elections, the prime minister's office said. Kakar, a politician from the southwestern province of Balochistan, will name a cabinet and head a government to steer the nuclear-armed nation through an economic and political crises until a new government is elected. The moves come with former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's top opposition leader, in prison on a corruption conviction. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.
Pakistani Senator Selected As Caretaker Prime Minister To Oversee Elections
Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (file photo)