ISLAMABAD: The newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was given a guard of honour at the Prime Minister House as he assumed the responsibilities of the office on Monday. PM Shehbaz inspected the guard of honour and took the salute.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister also met with the staff of the PM House.
Earlier today, Shehbaz Sharif took oath as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan. Pakistan’s President Dr. Arif Alvi has administered the oath from Shehbaz Sharif. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir and outgoing caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Chief Ministers and governors of all provinces also attended the ceremony.
National Assembly Elects Shehbaz Sharif as Pakistan’s PM
Shehbaz Sharif earlier served as prime minister of a PDM-led government from April 2022 to August 2023 before the national assembly was dissolved to hold general polls in February. On Sunday, former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif won a majority in the newly-elected lower house of the parliament.
Shehbaz, the joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the PPP, received 201 votes in the 336-member of the assembly. His contestant Omar Ayub Khan of SIC took 92 votes.
Besides the PPP, Shehbaz Sharif was also backed by MQM-P, PML-Q, Balochistan Awami Party, Istehkam-e-Pakistan, the National Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Z).
Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has also approved the nomination papers of former President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Mahmood Khan Achakzai for the presidential elections. PPP’s leader Farooq H Naek said that no objection was raised to the nomination papers of Asif Ali Zardari.
PTI’s Amir Dogar, flanked by PkMAP chief Achakzai and Ali Muhammad Khan, announced that the electoral body has accepted the nomination papers of the SIC candidate for the office of the President.
وزیراعظم محمد شہباز شریف عہدے کا حلف اٹھانے کے بعد وزیراعظم ہاؤس پہنچ گئے۔ پاکستان کی مسلح افواج کے دستے کی جانب سے گارڈ آف آنر پیش کیا جا رہا ہے https://t.co/EuVuG03MSl
— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) March 4, 2024
