Islamabad, Pakistan (CU)_ The election process for the new PM of the country started on Sunday. The National Assembly Secretariat accepted Shehbaz Sharif’s nomination papers following the PTI’s charges that he is embroiled in various judicial matters were dismissed. According to media reports, the session was headed by Ayaz Sadiq, a member of the panel of chairs, following the resignation of speaker Asad Qasier.
According to Ayaz Sadiq’s announcement following the completion of the voting process, “174 members have recorded their votes in favor of the resolution, consequently the resolution for the vote on no-confidence against Mr Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, has been passed by a majority”.
Accordingly, Shehbaz Sharif, the 70-year-old opposition leader of Pakistan and the younger brother of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been chosen as Pakistan’s next Prime Minister. Mr Sharif in his inaugural address to the National Assembly as Prime Minister stated that if Imran Khan’s charges of foreign plot are proved to be true, he would return home and that Pakistan will mark this occasion.
Imran Khan was removed from office as Pakistan’s prime minister in a historic first for the country following a no-confidence motion after the National Assembly discussed the topic for over 12 hours as the country’s political crisis took a critical turn on Saturday night.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was also a candidate for the prime ministerial role, with his candidacy papers accepted on Sunday. However, prior to the session, PTI members of the National Assembly resigned all at once, headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, thereby ending Qureshi’s case.
