Kulsoom Nawaz,the wife of Pakistan’s former prime minister, wins byelection in Lahore with a much reduced majority in wake of corruption scandalPakistan’s ruling party has clinched a win in an unusually close race in a normally unassailable stronghold – an indication of damage to the reputation of Nawaz Sharif, or the ex-prime minister recently ousted on corruption charges.
The local byelection on Sunday in Lahore was for a parliamentary seat vacated by Sharif when he was disqualified in July pitted Sharif’s wife,Kulsoom Nawaz, against 43 contenders, or saw a surge of radical Islamist candidates. Related: Ousted Pakistani prime minister’s daughter fights for family legacy Related: Nawaz Sharif has gone. But Pakistan’s tall-level corruption survives | Tariq Ali Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com