Shehbaz Sharif takes oath as Pakistan PM

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif on Monday (March 4, 2024) took oath as the Prime Minister of the financially struggling nation, ending a political disaster that was created following the nationwide polls, after not one of the contesting political events secured the bulk votes wanted to type authorities.

President Arif Alvi administered his oath to workplace.

The nation’s nationwide meeting on Sunday elected Shehbaz Sharif as the twenty fourth elected prime minister of the nation.

The election course of was held amid a ruckus created by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).

“Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected prime minister with 201 votes. [While] Omar Ayub obtained 92 votes,” introduced Speaker Ayaz Sadiq as quoted by Geo News.

Omer Ayub Khan was fielded as a PTI-backed candidate.

Sharif held the submit of PM after PTI chief Imran Khan was ousted from energy in 2022.

Sharif was in energy until August when the nation’s parliament was dissolved forward of polls.

Pakistan has been dominated by a caretaker authorities since then.

After his election, Sharif promised to ‘steer Pakistan’ again to the shore as the nation continued to wrestle financially.

“There are proficient individuals sitting on this Parliament who can steer Pakistan’s ship to the shore […] these embody journalists, intellectuals, politicians, non secular leaders,” Sharif was quoted as saying by Dawn News.

“If we come collectively and determine to alter the destiny of Pakistan […] then God keen, we’ll defeat these challenges and take Pakistan to its rightful place,” he mentioned.

Sharif held the coalition authorities collectively after ex-PM Imran Khan’s ouster from energy.

He can be credited with serving to Pakistan safe a last-gasp International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout final yr.