The Parliament in Pakistan has elected Shehbaz Sharif as the new prime minister. Leader of the Muslim League Nawaz, younger brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and unified candidate of six political parties, received 201 votes (out of 336 seats in the National Assembly). “Shehbaz Sharif is declared prime minister of Pakistan,” said National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. The candidate supported by the former prime minister, Imran Khan, obtained only 92 votes.
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