Shehbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second term

The declaration was met with loud protests from the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) party backed by Khan. The lawmakers called for Khan’s release and shouted slogans alleging Sharif had come to power through electoral rigging.

Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s daughter is nation’s first woman to govern province

The February 8 election was marred by a mobile internet shutdown, arrests and violence in its build-up, and the unusually delayed results triggered accusations that the vote was rigged.

Sharif returned to the role he held until August,…