Indian premier Narendra Modi has congratulated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on assuming office once again.
In a post on social media platform X, the Indian prime minister felicitated his Pakistani counterpart, saying: "Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan."
Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 5, 2024
This message comes a day after Shehbaz took the oath of office on Monday in a high-profile ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad.
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Shehbaz Sharif was administered the oath by President Arif Alvi. The ceremony was attended by PPP leaders Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, IPP President Abdul Aleem Khan, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, the governors of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, the chief ministers of Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh, as well as all three services chiefs among others.
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On Sunday, the PML-N leader was elected as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan, for a second time. In an election in the National Assembly, he bagged 201 votes and comfortably defeated Sunni Ittehad Council-backed PTI candidate Omar Ayub Khan, who got 92 votes.
National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq announced the official results of the poll for the prime minister's elections and declared Shehbaz Sharif as the 24th prime minister of the 16th National Assembly and the leader of the Lower House of parliament.
Previously, Shehbaz served in the position for around 16 months as part of the multi-party coalition PDM government after the ouster of Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion.
