Pakistan gets new PM - a podcast by BBC World Service

Pakistan's parliament has selected Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister, after Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in the early hours of Sunday. The opposition coalition leader - who had worked to depose Mr Khan - won the support of a majority in parliament. We get the latest from Business Matters regular Mehmal Sarfraz in Lahore.
Also today - Australia too is heading for new elections - our guest Peter Ryan the ABC's senior business correspondent explains how the economy is at the centre of that.We hear from the mayor of the recently besieged Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, about how people there are pulling together to try and bring back, business as usual, in spite of continued Russian bombardment.
We speak to the researches who think psychedelic mushrooms could help with depression, and how that is opening up lucrative business opportunities already. And just what is appropriate business attire in a post-pandemic office? We'll try and answer that as the BBC's Jamie Robertson is joined by Peter Ryan in Sydney, and Hayley Woodin, the executive editor of Business in Vancouver.Picture credit: EPA

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