Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Recently elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan requested UK’s PM Theresa May to join hands and let the two countries collaborate to combat the problems posed by money laundering. This step was specially initiated with the Pakistani Prime Minister promising in his swearing-in speech to act against the individuals who had ‘looted’ the country and take effective action against them.

“We are ready to open new avenues of partnership with Pakistan,” said Theresa May. “We will fully assist the new government.”

The two prime ministers had a conversation over phone call and the UK prime minister had assured that UK would do as much as possible to help Pakistan battle out its problems. This case is especially relevant after the last Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his associated family members were put behind bars and made to face trial after cases of corruption.

“Money laundering is a severe problem for developing countries,” he said. “To stop this we want to work with foreign governments, especially Britain’s,” Mr. Khan was quoted as saying.

Imran Khan was elected Pakistan’s new prime minister after he defeated veteran politician Shahbaz Sharif, brother of the ex-prime minister, Nawaz Sharif in a one-sided election in the National Assembly. The election for the top post became just a formality after the Pakistan Peoples Party which was led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari with 54 seats abstained from voting which was followed by a rift over Sharif’s candidature due to his reputation.

Khan’s party emerged as the single largest party with 116 seats however its number increased to 125 after nine independent members joined it and final tally reached 158 after it was allotted 28 out of 60 seats reserved for women and five out of 10 seats reserved for minorities. Khan’s government will be the third consecutive democratic government in Pakistan since 2008.

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