Author: Kamran Haider
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Pakistan selects Shehbaz Sharif as new prime minister
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Shehbaz Sharif was selected as Pakistan’s prime minister after two old-guard parties formed a coalition to keep jailed politician Imran Khan’s party out of power. Lawmakers voted for the next premier in the National Assembly, or lower house on Sunday with Sharif securing 201 votes. Imran Khan-backed candidate Omar Ayub Khan, a grandson of Pakistan’s…