Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to supporters, who gathered on a highway to welcome him at Bhara Kahu area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. (AP/PTI Photo) Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to supporters, who gathered on a highway to welcome him at Bhara Kahu area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. (AP/PTI Photo)Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “smartly deprived” his younger brother Shehbaz an opportunity to become prime minister because of “family politics” despite nominating the Punjab chief minister as his eventual successor, according to some PML-N leaders. Sharif actually told his brother that he couldn’t take his chances on him (Shehbaz). “Giving everything on the platter of Shehbaz was never in the scheme of things of the elder brother and Maryam.

Source: Indian Express August 05, 2017 13:00 UTC