The prime minister’s office said that, Pakistani senator Anwaar-ul-haq Kakar was named as caretaker prime minister to oversee national elections.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, The announcement came after a meeting between outgoing premier Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz, Reuters reported.

Kakar, a lesser known politician from the southwestern province of Balochistan, will name a cabinet and head a government to steer the nuclear-armed nation through an economic and political crises until a new government is elected.