Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif has been elected the 24th prime minister of Pakistan on Sunday.
“Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected prime minister with 201 votes. [While] Omar Ayub obtained 92 votes,” announced Speaker Ayaz Sadiq during the session of the national assembly.
The speaker then invited Shehbaz, the only politician to be elected as the PM for the second consecutive time, to sit in the prime minister’s seat and asked him to address the house.
As soon as the result was announced, SIC lawmakers started causing a commotion and chanted slogans to disrupt Shehbaz’s speech after a victory that was expected as he enjoyed the support of seven other parties apart from the PML-N.
The PM-elect has the support of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Pakistan Muslim League-Zia (PML-Z), Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) and National Party (NP).
