Shehbaz Sharif took oath as the prime minister of Pakistan hours after the National Assembly elected him the 23rd premier.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani administered the oath to the newly-elected prime minister as President Arif Alvi complained of "discomfort”, according to the president’s Twitter account, shortly before the oath-taking ceremony.
Earlier in the day, Shehbaz secured 174 votes in the NA as opposed to PTI’s candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who received no votes after his party decided to boycott the polling process.
The poll took place under the chairmanship of MNA Ayaz Sadiq, two days after the lower house of Parliament voted in favour of removing Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the Opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning.
Shehbaz is the longest-serving chief minister of the Punjab province, having served on the post three times since he began his political career nearly four decades ago.
