I'm John Bachelors, my colleagues Bill Rajo of the Foundation for the Defensive Democracy

and Ambassador Osena Connie, former Ambassador from Pakistan to the United States now at the Hudson Institute.

Mr. Ambassador Chabas Chirif is the Prime Minister one more time, back to the future. is there significant changes in his intention

his capabilities now that his older brother Nawaz Sharif has returned and

that the army has successfully overseen an election.

I believe the famous cricket player Khan remains incarcerated.

Is there a change in direction in a slobabat?

I doubt that there is a change in direction.

We will probably have more of the same.

I mean, Shabbashirif and his supporters would argue that we now have a mandate from the people others will argue

that your mandate is lacking because of the controversy about the elections the

political party of Imran Khan PTI has issued a white paper on what it turns as election rigging.

So there will be that cloud. But the army and its supporters all want the government to focus on the economy.

Pakistan's economy is in a mess.

Pakistan owes a lot of money to many countries.

Those countries are welcoming the formation of the government.

That is a very interesting thing. Those countries are welcoming the formation of the government.

That is a very interesting thing.

China and the United States, the Arab countries,

countries that Pakistan owes money to, those countries are all welcoming the formation of a government.

They'd rather have a government in Pakistan whatever the cloud over its legitimacy,

then not have a functioning government.

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