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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif, who became Pakistan’s new prime minister Monday after leading the opposition alliance that ousted Imran Khan, is a tough administrator with a penchant for quoting revolutionary poetry. Sharif is the younger brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was dismissed then jailed on corruption charges in 2017 and is currently in Britain after being released from prison two years later for medical treatment. He is a seasoned politician in his own right, however, having served for years as chief minister of Punjab province, the Sharif family’s power base, and al…