August 2017 - Rulers
Pakistan: The National Assembly elects Shid Khaqan Abbasi as prime minister with 221 of 339 votes, against 47 for Syed Naveed Qamar and 33 for Sheikh Rashid mad. Abbasi is sworn in the same day. On August 4 a cabinet is sworn in including Khawaja Asif as foreign minister, Khurram Dastgir Khan as defense minister, and san Iqbal as interior minister; Ishaq Dar remains finance minister.