March 3, 2024 8:49 PM

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Shehbaz Sharif to be next Prime Minister of Pakistan

<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Sunday. He secured 201 votes while Omer Ayub Khan, the Imran Khan-backed PTI candidate managed to get 92 votes. The vote in the National Assembly was held amid widespread uproar. The PTI-backed lawmakers called for Imran Khan's release and shouted slogans alleging Sharif had come to power through electoral rigging.<br />''<br />''After being elected as prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif thanked his elder brother Nawaz and all the allies for putting their trust in him.<br />''<br />''The recently concluded general elections have been marred by allegations of mass vote rigging. Imran Khan's PTI has alleged that several candidates of PML-N and PPP were declared winners despite other candidates securing the most votes.</span><br />

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