Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Sharif poised to return to power after deal between Khan's rivals. Candidates supported by Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had won the largest number of seats in the February 8 parliamentary elections.
But following this agreement, they now find themselves excluded from power. Shehbaz Sharif, prime minister from 2022 to 2023, and former president Asif Ali Zardari (2008-2013), husband of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, for president.