Anwaar-ul-Haq Pakistan’s Caretaker PM Ahead of General Polls

Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will be the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan to oversee the coming general elections in the country. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz agreed on his name on Saturday. Kakar, a politician from the southwestern province of Balochistan, will name a cabinet and head a government to steer Pakistan until a new government is elected.

According to Pak media, President Arif Alvi approved Kakar’s appointment.

Under Pakistan’s constitution, a neutral caretaker government oversees national elections, which must be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the parliament’s lower house.