Shehbaz Sharif Takes Oath as Pakistan’s Prime Minister

Shehbaz Sharif took the oath of office on Monday as Pakistan’s 24th Prime Minister. President Arif Alvi administered the oath to the 72-year-old Shehbaz in a ceremony held at the presidential residence, Aiwan-i-Sadr.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party have decided to form a coalition government in Pakistan.

Shehbaz was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from April 2022 to August 2023.

The oath taking ceremony of Shebaz Sharif was attended by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and other leaders of the PML-N, PPP leader and Sindh chief minister Murad Ali Shah.

On Sunday, Shehbaz the candidate of the PML-N and the PPP, received 201 votes in the 336-member Parliament. His opponent, Omar Ayub Khan of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf got 92 votes.