Turbulent Nation Appears to Avoid Potentially Worse Outcome of Controversy as Pakistan’s New Prime Minister Chosen | Democracy, elections, and voting

Pakistan lawmakers elect new PM

MPs elected Raja Pervez Ashraf as Pakistan’s new prime minister Friday, in a bid to end a crisis sparked by judges ousting the premier and demanding the arrest of his would-be successor. The national assembly rubber stamped Ashraf’s appointment by 211 votes in the 342-member lower house of parliament.