NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Prime Minister designate Shehbaz Sharif called out the ‘global silence’ on the prevailing situation in Gaza and sought a bipartisan resolution in the National Assembly advocating ‘freedom’ for Kashmiris and Palestinians.
Addressing the National Assembly after being unanimously picked as the next prime minister of the ruling coalition of the PML(N), PPP and others, Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called out the ‘global silence’ on the prevailing situation in Gaza while seeking a bipartisan resolution in the House advocating ‘freedom’ for Kashmiris and Palestinians, Dawn reported.
“Let’s all come together…and the National Assembly should pass a resolution for the freedom of Kashmiris and Palestinians,” PM-designate Shehbaz said in a ‘victory speech’ at the National Assembly.
The National Assembly elected Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif as the 24th elected Prime Minister of the country, during a session that began with Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) members creating a ruckus by shouting slogans.
The PM-designate also stated that amid the severe economic downturn in the country and livelihood concerns of the people, even the expenditures of the National Assembly were being paid by borrowed money, Dawn reported.
Shehbaz Sharif to be PM for second time
Earlier, Shehbaz Sharif was elected the 24th prime minister of Pakistan after clinching 201 votes.
Omer Ayub Khan, the PTI’s candidate for the premier, secured 92 votes, as announced by National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
Speaking in the National Assembly after losing the election for prime minister, Omar Ayub Khan lamented the situation of law and order in the country, as reported by Dawn.
He noted that a large percentage of the country’s youth have it imprinted in their minds that the country has been marred with terrorism and violence.
“You talk about rule of law, but you never even enforced rule of law,” he said, addressing points made by Shehbaz Sharif just minutes earlier in his maiden speech as newly elected PM.
Pertinently, voters in Pakistan went to the polls on February 8 in an election marred by a mobile internet shutdown, arrests and violence in its build-up and unusually delayed results, leading to accusations that the vote was rigged.
