Breaking news: Pakistan’s new prime minister has been announced. The Pakistani Parliament elected Shahbaz Sharif as prime minister, replacing Imran Khan, who was dismissed. Shahbaz Sharif was the candidate of the opposition bloc in Pakistan.
According to local media reports, a vote was held in the parliament today for the seat vacated by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was dismissed by a vote of no confidence.
Shahbaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), received 174 votes in the parliamentary vote. Shah Mahmud Qureshi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pakistani Justice Movement Party (PTI), who announced their resignation by boycotting the elections, failed to gain votes.
PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, who received more than 172 votes, the parliamentary majority limit, was elected the new and 23rd Prime Minister of the country.
Shah Mahmoud Qureshi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Imran Khan’s Pakistani Justice Movement Party (PTI), who is a candidate for the Prime Minister’s office, said in a statement before the start of the voting that today, there are two ways before the nation, slavery and self-respect, and they boycotted the election and resigned en masse. had said.
After Qureshi’s statement, over 120 PTI deputies left the parliament. Deputies coming out of the parliament stated that they would take to the streets against the “imported government”.
IMRAN KHAN GOVERNMENT HAS FALL
Imran Khan’s government fell as a result of the no-confidence vote in the parliament yesterday. The fall of the government was a first in the history of the country.
The no-confidence voting session, which started at 11:30 local time on April 9, ended at 01:00 yesterday.
In the vote of no confidence in the parliament, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government received 174 “no” votes.