After weeks of high voltage drama in Pakistan’s parliament, Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as the country’s new prime minister. Shehbaz Sharif is the younger brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and they are the first brothers to be elected as the prime minister of Pakistan. The leader of the opposition PML-N replaced Imran Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imran Khan\u2019s government, Tehreek-e-Insaf, failed the no-confidence motion filed against him by the Opposition on Saturday. As per reports, Imran Khan resigned as a member of the National Assembly and said that he will not sit in the assemblies with thieves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The acting speaker on Saturday said that 174 members recorded their votes and all were in favour of the resolution. Imran Khan became the first Pakistan PM to lose the trust vote. Ahead of the no-confidence motion voting in the parliament, the National Assembly Speaker, Asad Qaiser, and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri had resigned from their posts. Pakistan Attorney General, Khalid Javed Khan also resigned from the post. Principal Secretary to Pakistan Prime Minister, Azam Khan was also removed from office and now has been transferred to Establishment Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shehbaz Sharif began his political career in 1988 when he got elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in the general election. In 1999, Shehbaz and his family were forced into years of self-exile in Saudi Arabia. He returned to Pakistan in 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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