2024-03-03T11:21:24+00:00
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/ The Pakistani Parliament introduced on Sunday the election of Shehbaz Sharif as Prime Minister, weeks after legislative elections had been marred by accusations of widespread fraud.
The 72-year-old Sharif received the votes of 201 MPs, in comparison with 92 who voted for Omar Ayub Khan, who’s supported by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose supporters defied the crackdown and received extra seats than every other get together within the February 8 elections.
It’s noteworthy that Sharif was the Prime Minister of Pakistan 3 instances, throughout the interval from 1990 to 1993, from 1997 to 1999, and from 2013 to 2017.
He was eliminated by a Supreme Courtroom determination towards the backdrop of the “Panama Papers” scandal, and in 2018 he was banned from holding any official positions and was sentenced to 10 years in jail on corruption fees.
Sharif was launched in 2019 on “humanitarian grounds” and allowed to go away Pakistan for Britain.
Sharif returned to his nation final 12 months after 4 years in exile.