Pakistan Lawmakers Appoints Shehbaz Sharif As New PM

Shehbaz Sharif has been appointed as Pakistan’s new prime minister following the resignation of imran khan, who resigned his National Assembly seat along with most of his party members ahead of the vote.

“Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as prime minister,” said acting speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq after 174 votes were cast in the 342-seat assembly.

Sharif, 70, led an opposition alliance that forced a no-confidence vote on Khan through the national assembly following weeks of political turmoil in the nuclear-armed nation of 220 million people.

The former opposition will now run a truncated house with a small majority of 174 lawmakers, which is enough to pass laws in the 342-seat assembly. However, if Khan’s followers take to the streets — as he has heralded — it would create additional pressure on Parliament and deepen the crisis.