ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s newly-elected prime minister today vowed to fix the country’s ailing economy and end electricity blackouts while also calling for an end to American drone strikes in the tribal areas.
Nawaz Sharif was elected to an unprecedented third term as the prime minister of this country of 180 million people by an electorate frustrated with corruption, inflation and unemployment and looking to him for quickly needed solutions.
He must also navigate a tricky relationship with the U.S., which has angered many Pakistanis by using unmanned aerial vehicles to kill militants who hide in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
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