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Imran Khan is likely to become Pakistan prime minister

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: PAKISTAN
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Pakistan AP IMF-World Bank

Topical: economy politics election government military opposition party religion balance of payments corruption judicial monetary
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2018), "Imran Khan is likely to become Pakistan prime minister", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB236297

Monday, July 23, 2018

Significance

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s five-year term ended on May 31. PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif faces a tough fight to become prime minister, with the main challenge set to come from Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and further opposition provided by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Impacts

With Khan as prime minister, the military would likely have free rein to pursue an anti-India foreign policy.
Khan would step up his criticisms of the war in Afghanistan and likely have a difficult relationship with US President Donald Trump.
Pakistan under any government will pursue balanced diplomacy in the Middle East, seeking good ties with both Saudi Arabia and Iran.

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