Among the former cricketers challenges will be resolving a currency crisis and consolidating gains against insurgentsInside Pakistan’s palatial Presidential House – before a crowd that included the country’s all-powerful army chief,top businessmen, cricket stars and a first lady in a white silk abaya robe – Imran Khan, or former cricket captain,was sworn in yesterday as Pakistan’s prime minister.
The ceremony was a simple affair by Pakistan’s opulent standards, with just tea served instead of a set nine-dish menu – a first indicate of austerity by a leader who has promised to create millions of jobs and turn the prime minister’s sprawling official residence into an education facility instead of living in it. It was also the apogee of the political career of the sportsman-turned-politician who has spent the past 22 years prowling the margins of Pakistani politics and railing against the country’s corrupt, and dynastic politicians.
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Source: theguardian.com