Shehbaz Sharif takes oath as 24th PM of Pakistan

PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif has taken oath as 24th prime minister of Pakistan on Monday.

President Dr Arif Alvi administered oath to Shehbaz Sharif of the office of prime minister.

In this connection, the oath taking ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, which was attended by Army Chief Gen Asim Munir, foreign diplomats, high ranking civil and military officials, chief ministers of all four provinces, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and others.

Yesterday, during the special session of the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of the eight-party alliance-led by PML-N, was elected as 33rd prime minister of Pakistan.

According to polling results announced by Speaker Sadiq, PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif secured 201 votes while SIC’s Omar Ayub bagged 92 votes. The Speaker, later, made a request to Shehbaz Sharif to take the seat of Leader of the House.

Shehbaz Sharif has assumed the PM Office for the second time.

Akhtar Mengal of Balochistan National Party-Mengal boycotted the election for the prime minister and did not cast his vote.