Pakistani Lawmakers Elect Shehbaz Sharif as Country's Prime Minister for Second Term

10:46, 3 March 2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Shehbaz Sharif, who is 72 years old, was the prime minister until August of last year when the National Assembly was dissolved in order to establish a caretaker government. This government was responsible for organizing the national elections.
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Pakistani lawmakers have elected Shehbaz Sharif, the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, as the country's prime minister for a second time in a 201 to 92 vote, lower house speaker Ayaz Sadiq said on Sunday.
"Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected prime minister with 201 votes. [While] Omar Ayub [secretary general of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party] obtained 92 votes," the speaker was quoted as saying by Pakistani broadcaster Geo.
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Sadiq then invited Sharif to sit in the prime minister's chair and address the house.
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