Pakistan's ruling party appointed Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as interim prime minister after the ouster of Nawaz Sharif, CNN reported.
Abbasi, 58, is a staunch Sharif loyalist and had been the petroleum minister in his cabinet until Friday, when Sharif resigned following a Supreme Court disqualification after a corruption probe.
Nawaz Sharif's resignation on Friday has plunged the nuclear-armed nation into political turmoil after several years of relative stability. Sharif quit after he was disqualified by the Supreme Court over undeclared assets.
The court has also ordered a criminal investigation into Sharif, 67, and his family.
The ruling PML-N party has a strong majority in parliament so should have no problem appointing its choice as the new prime minister.
