Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gestures during a guard of honour ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: Pakistan Press Information Department Handout via Reuters
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gestures during a guard of honour ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: Pakistan Press Information Department Handout via Reuters
Pakistan

China, India, money woes, US conspiracy claims: the issues keeping Pakistan’s new PM busy

  • Shehbaz Sharif says he wants to mend ties with Beijing and New Delhi, stabilise the country’s crisis-hit economy and strengthen its democratic system
  • But analysts say Pakistan’s ‘Mr. Fix-It’ faces an uphill battle amid Kashmir concerns, security worries – and his predecessor’s claims of American meddling

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gestures during a guard of honour ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: Pakistan Press Information Department Handout via Reuters
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gestures during a guard of honour ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: Pakistan Press Information Department Handout via Reuters
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