Pakistan’s present day government, an unwieldy multi-party coalition led with the aid of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) party, confronted a new setback in July after losses in mid-month specific elections for 20 constituencies in the country’s heartland province of Punjab. Although the PML-N coalition tried to hold manage of the provincial authorities via manuevers in the provincial assembly, a Supreme Court ruling on July 26 overturned before precedent and ordered the election of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, an ally of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, to the function of chief minister.