Imran Khan sworn in as Pakistan PM
Khan FORMER cricket star Imran Khan was sworn in as the new prime minister of Pakistan yesterday.
The firebrand nationalist is facing the challenge of forming a coalition to govern as a currency crisis looms over the turbulent, nuclear-armed country.
He was elected last month after promising to fight corruption and drastically cut poverty among Pakistan’s 208 million mostly-muslim people.
Hours after taking oath, 65-year-old Khan’s office released a partial list of his new cabinet ministers.
He has appointed Asad Umer, the former CEO of Pakistani multinational Engro, to the post of finance minister. Party vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi will become head of the foreign office. Snowdonia