Former Pakistan PM Abbasi launches new political party – Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday formed a new political party named Awaam Pakistan after parting ways with the ruling PML-N due to the differences with the party's way of politics. Abbasi, who served as the prime minister from August 2017 to May 2018, was joined by former finance minister Miftah Ismail who also parted ways with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The slogan of the new political entity is 'badlien gaen nizam' (we will change the system). The party would be formally launched on July 6 or 7, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. A video shared on Awaam Pakistan's official X handle featured disheartened citizens addressing national issues such as inflation, energy shortages, corrupti...