WNAM REPORT: In his maiden speech as the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz thanked the PML-N’s allies and his brother, three-time premier Nawaz Sharif, for putting their trust in him to lead the country.
The National Assembly on Sunday elected Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz’s Shehbaz Sharif as the prime minister of the country in a session hit by the ruckus created by Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected prime minister with 201 votes. Omar Ayub obtained 92 votes,” announced Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.
The speaker then invited Shehbaz to sit in the prime minister’s seat and invited him to address the House.
“When my Quaid was elected the prime minister thrice, the development that followed in the country is an example of its own. And it is not wrong to say that Nawaz Sharif is the one who built Pakistan,” said the newly-elected premier.
Paying tribute to his allies and the PPP, he said the nation will always remember the sacrifices of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
Shebaz, hinting at PTI, said his elder brother has never even thought of harming the country and regretted how the PML-N was treated during the tenure of the PTI government. “They put the entire opposition behind bars, they didn’t care about women or children and used language that cannot be said out loud.”
The new prime minister also vowed to steer Pakistan out of its current crisis. “If we come together and decide to change the fate of Pakistan. God willing, we will defeat these challenges and take Pakistan to its rightful position.” He added that the job was difficult but not insurmountable.
