Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has been elected the 24th prime minister of Pakistan, according to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
Shehbaz received 201 votes while Omer Ayub Khan, premier candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), received 92 votes.
In his victory speech following his election, Shehbaz Sharif expressed gratitude to his older brother Nawaz Sharif, and all of his friends for having faith in him and selecting him to serve as the nation’s 24th prime minister.
“The developments that occurred in the country after my quaid was elected prime minister three times are illustrative of their own,” he said.
The newly elected prime minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed that his older brother has never considered posing a threat to the country.
“This is the difference between this leadership and that leadership,” he said, adding that the “entire assembly is witness to the fact that we never thought of the politics of revenge”.
Shehbaz stated that while Pakistan faced great obstacles, they could be overcome.
“Salaries are being paid with debt,” he stated.
He asserted that Pakistan can prosper provided “deep surgery and fundamental reforms are implemented”.
