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Significance
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s five-year term ended on May 31. PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif faces a tough fight to become prime minister, with the main challenge set to come from Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and further opposition provided by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Impacts
With Khan as prime minister, the military would likely have free rein to pursue an anti-India foreign policy.
Khan would step up his criticisms of the war in Afghanistan and likely have a difficult relationship with US President Donald Trump.
Pakistan under any government will pursue balanced diplomacy in the Middle East, seeking good ties with both Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Pakistan,
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