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Islamabad: Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will take oath as the country's Prime Minister for the second time on Monday. Yesterday, an agreement was reached between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party to form a coalition government. 72-year-old Shahbaz Sharif had previously been the Prime Minister of the coalition government of Pakistan from April 2022 to August 2023. General elections were held in Pakistan last month.
President Arif Alvi Shahbaz will take oath as the new Prime Minister of the country at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday at 3 pm. Chief Ministers and Governors of all the states will participate on this occasion.
Earlier on Sunday, Shahbaz Sharif easily secured majority in the newly elected Parliament. Sharif, the joint candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party, got 201 votes in the 336-member House, while his rival Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party candidate Omar Ayub Khan is in jail. , 92 votes were received.Votes were received.