Pakistan Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif elected as new PM

Shehbaz Sharif was chosen unopposed as Pakistan's new Prime Minister, following Imran Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence motion on Saturday. The National Assembly held a no-confidence vote against Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) administration late Saturday night. 

Sharif has been the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. The president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) previously served as the chief minister of Punjab thrice, making him the longest-serving CM of the province.

The National Assembly held a no-confidence vote against Imran Khan and the Opposition had 174 votes to remove Imran Khan, who became the first Prime Minister to be dismissed by a no-confidence vote.

On Sunday, the process of selecting the new Speaker of the House began. Shehbaz Sharif's nomination papers were accepted by the National Assembly Secretariat after the PTI's objections — that he is embroiled in multiple legal matters – were dismissed.

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• Imran Khan
• Pakistan
• Shehbaz Sharif
• no-confidence motion
• Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf