Ruth Pollard, Columnist

Comeback Kid Nawaz Sharif Is Not What Pakistan Needs

The nation shouldn’t be reaching for the old playbook to resolve its economic and political crises.

October 22, 2023 at 10:01 PM UTC

Ruth Pollard is a Bloomberg Opinion Managing Editor. Previously she was South and Southeast Asia government team leader at Bloomberg News and Middle East correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.

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You would be forgiven for thinking it was Groundhog Day in Pakistan.

Nawaz Sharif, who in the past has served as prime minister three times, returned home Saturday after living in London in self-imposed exile for nearly four years. He’d left in 2019 after being granted bail to access medical treatment following his corruption conviction a year earlier, and is now his party’s prime ministerial candidate for next year’s election.