The leader of the Muslim League of Pakistan succeeds Imran Khan, overthrown on Sunday by a motion of censure.
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Pakistan has a new leader. Shehbaz Sharif was elected Monday, April 11, Prime Minister of Pakistan, during a vote in the National Assembly triggered by the fall this weekend of his predecessor Imran Khan, overthrown by a motion of censure. Shehbaz Sharif won 174 votes out of the 342 seats in the assembly, the house’s acting speaker announced.
The session was boycotted by the vast majority of MPs from the party ofImran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Pakistan Justice Movement), who also announced their resignation from the Assembly, like the former Prime Minister.
Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Shehbaz Sharif takes at 70 the head of this Islamic republic of 220 million inhabitants equipped with nuclear weapons. He is the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, who served three times as prime minister before being deposed in 2017 for alleged corruption and imprisoned, then released two years later on medical grounds, and who has since lived in exile in the United Kingdom.