Shehbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of the eight-party alliance-led by PML-N for the PM Office, has been elected as 33rd prime minister of Pakistan.
According to polling results announced by Speaker Sadiq, PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif secured 210 votes.
Shehbaz Sharif has assumed the PM Office for the second time.
Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s Akhtar Mengal had boycotted the election for the prime minister. He did not cast his vote.
Expressing his views after being elected as prime minister in the house, Shehbaz Sharif thanked to the Allah Almighty and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif. He also thanked to all his allies in the house.
On the occasion, Shehbaz Sharif said that Nawaz Sharif was punished for putting Pakistan on the track to development.
Earlier, the session was chaired by National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. Voting for the election of prime minister took place through the division method. Bells were rung in the National Assembly for five minutes to gather all the members into the assembly hall. Later, after five minutes, all the doors of the House were locked.
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq had assigned Lobby A to Shehbaz Sharif and Lobby B to Omer Ayub Khan.
