Team News Riveting
New Delhi, March 5
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Sharif took the oath on Monday to officially become prime minister for a second time, nearly four weeks after an uncertain national election caused delays in the formation of a coalition government. The 72-year-old leader was administered oath at a ceremony at the presidential office in the nation’s capital, Islamabad.
A day before, the parliament elected him prime minister despite protests from lawmakers aligned with jailed former premier Imran Khan.
Shehbaz won the prime minister’s election on Sundal after clinching 201 votes against his PTI-backed opponent from the Sunni Ittehdad Council (SIC) Omar Ayub Khan, who managed to secure 92 votes. His elder brother and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was widely expected to become the prime minister following the February 8 elections but stepped aside for reasons unknown in favour of his sibling.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, posted on X: “Congratulations to Shehbaz Sharif on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.”
