Seattle Daily Star

  London is home to Pakistan’s dissidents and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Two of the most powerful men in Pakistan’s politics were expected to meet in London on Thursday as bitter divisions following the removal of former prime minister Imran Khan played out in the UK. Three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the elder brother of new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was expected to meet Bilalwal Bhutto Zardari, the head of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in London, according to Pakistan news reports. Traditional foes the PPP and Mr Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) allied to force Mr Khan from office earlier this month in a no-confidence vote. The charismatic Mr Khan blamed his loss of office on a foreign-backed conspiracy and has vowed to push for early elections with  Analysts said the meeting in London will see Mr Bhutto Zardari press his claims for a series of key political posts in the country as the two parties position themselves before elections ...

  Parliament to elect new PM on Monday after removing Imran Khan in no-confidence vote Pakistan ’s parliamentarians will meet on Monday to choose a new prime minister, with opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif poised to take power after the overthrow of Imran Khan. Mr Khan’s leadership of nearly four years ended in the early hours of Sunday after a narrow majority of the National Assembly voted for an opposition no-confidence motion. The former cricketer had clung on for almost a week after thwarting the united opposition’s first attempt to hold the vote. He dissolved the parliament and called for fresh elections on April 3, claiming that the attempt to remove him was a foreign plot. After the Supreme Court ordered the house to reconvene , parliamentarians from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party attempted to delay and block the ballot during a 13-hour assembly session on Saturday. The vote was only allowed to proceed after the Speaker and Deputy Speaker both resigned minutes before mi...