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Pakistan’s Ex-Judge To Be Sworn-In Today As Caretaker Prime Minister

Victor Gotevbe by Victor Gotevbe
June 1, 2018
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By Barholomew Madukwe with Agency report

Pakistan’s former Chief Justice, Nasirul Mulk, will today be  sworn in as the country’s caretaker prime minister for a period of two months following the dissolve of the lower house of parliament by President Mamnoon Hussain.

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The Ministry of Parlia­mentary Affairs issued a notification on Thursday afternoon “in pursuance of Article 52” of the Consti­tution announcing the dissolution of the 14th National Assembly at midnight on May 31, 2018, on completion of its five-year term, reports Dawn.

However, it is only the third time in Pakistan’s history that the National Assembly finished its five-year term. The constitution mandates new elections to be held within 60 days.

Mulk will run the interim government from Friday until the July 25 vote.

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Outgoingt Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, resigned midnight Thursday, ending a turbulent tenure since July 2017 when he replaced Nawaz Sharif following his removal from office by the Supreme Court for concealing financial assets abroad.

Sharif now faces trial over corruption. Three cases were launched against him last September following a verdict by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case on July 28 that disqualified him as prime minister.

The corruption cases against the Sharif family pertain to the Al-Azizia Steel Mills, Flagship Investment Ltd, and Avenfield properties.

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How Abbasi spent last day in office

Abbasi spent a busy last day in the office attending the National Assembly’s farewell session, addressing a news conference highlighting his government’s achievements at his office and presiding over separate meetings of the Economic Coordination Committee and the Federal Cabinet.

During his National Assembly address, Abbasi categorically stated that the PML-N would not tolerate delay of even one day in the general elections. He also reiterated his party’s demand of formation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate all major political incidents which took place in the country since 1947 to identify those responsible for them.

His demand received a positive response immediately from Opposition Leader Syed Khursheed Shah, who expressed the hope that whoever formed the next government, must do it on priority basis.

Accompanied by Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, the outgoing prime minister, during his visit to the provincial capital of Balochistan, addressed student officers and faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta.

Abbasi appreciated sacrifices rendered and contributions made by the Pakistan Army in restoring peace to the country.

Since the famous 126-day protest sit-in of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in 2014 against the alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections, it had never been a smooth sailing for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government which faced crisis after crisis amid its tense relationship with the two powerful state institutions (military and judiciary).

Pakistan’s political record

Meanwhile, it is only the second National Assembly under the civilian rule which is completing its tenure as the assembly which came into existence in 2002 continued to function under the military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf.

The three National Asse­mblies, however, elec­ted seven prime ministers over the last 16 years, clearly underlying the weakness of democratic institutions and political parties in the country.

 

 

Victor Gotevbe

Victor Gotevbe

Publisher/ Editor-in-Chief

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