Kakar has been serving a six-year term in Pakistan's Senate since 2018 and local media has reported that he is a part of the Balochistan Awami Party, which is widely considered close to the military.
In his first speech as the prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif said that his country will continue to give ‘diplomatic and moral support’ to the people of Kashmir.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's prime minister candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday announced that his party will boycott the voting to elect new premier in Parliament minutes after the National Assembly's crucial session began to elect a new PM.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to tender his resignation as a member of the National Assembly ahead of the election for the new prime minister of Pakistan, saying he will not sit in the assemblies with 'thieves'.
A National Assembly sitting will be held on Monday to elect the new prime minister. Imran Khan was ousted from the position after he lost a no-confidence vote.