Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Shahbaz Sharif On Monday, he was elected unopposed as the 23rd prime minister, succeeding the candidate nominated by his predecessor. Imran KhanOf PTI, former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced in Parliament that his party was boycotting the election and resigning en masse from the National Assembly. In his first remarks after being elected, Shahbazi Prioritized the challenge of improving a deteriorating economy along with an “equitable solution” to the Kashmir issue and “good relations” with neighboring India.
PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq, on whom the task of propelling the House through the chaos of a no-confidence vote at midnight last Saturday fell, has also called for a new prime minister after deputy speaker Qasim Suri called his “conscience”. presided over the election. Don’t allow him to take that responsibility.
Shahbaz got 174 votes, which is the exact number of deposed Imran in the motion of no confidence. Qureshi drew blank due to a walkout. PTI’s decision to resign all its MPs means bypolls will be needed to more than 120 seats in the 342-member National Assembly.
Shahbaz, whose family has its roots in Jati Umra village in Punjab, said the new government would need to correct the alleged foreign policy mistakes of the then Imran government, including improving relations with India while pushing the Kashmir issue. is included. “We will raise our voice for Kashmiris at every platform. We will give them diplomatic and moral support,” he urged his Indian counterpart. Narendra Modi First to acknowledge that “there is poverty, unemployment and disease on both sides of the border”.
“Why do we want our future generations to suffer? Let us resolve the Kashmir issue in accordance with the UN resolutions and the expectations of Kashmiris, so that we can end poverty on both sides of the border.”
Shahbaz also underlined the importance of maintaining Pakistan’s ties with China, alleging that the previous government had attempted to undermine the friendship between Islamabad and Beijing. He mentioned relations with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, EU countries, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Iran as other focus areas.
The new PM said that Pakistan will strengthen relations with America on the basis of equality.
Shahbaz announced his intention to get the Parliamentary Committee on Security to hold a closed-door briefing on the letter cited by Imran as evidence of the threat posed by a “foreign power” against his government.
“The nation should know if he has been lied to,” said the new PM, promising to “go home” if an iota of evidence was found to support his predecessor’s conspiracy theory. “This debate must be put to an end,” he said.
Shahbaz accused Imran of mismanaging the economy to such an extent that bringing it back on track would be a big challenge for his government.
The 70-year-old had served as the chief minister of Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, thrice before Imran became the PM in 2018. He is credited with carrying out critical infrastructure improvements during his tenure.
But like his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, a three-time former PM, Shahbaz faced corruption charges and spent time in jail during Imran’s tenure. He has not been convicted of any of these crimes so far.
Shahbaz’s son Hamza, who was heard in the money laundering case on Monday, aims to follow in his father’s footsteps and become the next CM of Punjab province.
As Shahbaz marked his run-up, Imran, who views the Sharif and Bhutto-Zardari clans as part of the dynastic politics of old Pakistan, found comfort in the snowballing protests against the dismissal of his government in the cities. He tweeted, “Never in our history have there been so many crowds so spontaneously and in such numbers, who rejected the imported government led by miscreants.”
Imran claims his rivals colluded with the US to remove him because of his foreign-policy stance on Russia and China. Washington has strongly opposed the allegation.
PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq, on whom the task of propelling the House through the chaos of a no-confidence vote at midnight last Saturday fell, has also called for a new prime minister after deputy speaker Qasim Suri called his “conscience”. presided over the election. Don’t allow him to take that responsibility.
Shahbaz got 174 votes, which is the exact number of deposed Imran in the motion of no confidence. Qureshi drew blank due to a walkout. PTI’s decision to resign all its MPs means bypolls will be needed to more than 120 seats in the 342-member National Assembly.
Shahbaz, whose family has its roots in Jati Umra village in Punjab, said the new government would need to correct the alleged foreign policy mistakes of the then Imran government, including improving relations with India while pushing the Kashmir issue. is included. “We will raise our voice for Kashmiris at every platform. We will give them diplomatic and moral support,” he urged his Indian counterpart. Narendra Modi First to acknowledge that “there is poverty, unemployment and disease on both sides of the border”.
“Why do we want our future generations to suffer? Let us resolve the Kashmir issue in accordance with the UN resolutions and the expectations of Kashmiris, so that we can end poverty on both sides of the border.”
Shahbaz also underlined the importance of maintaining Pakistan’s ties with China, alleging that the previous government had attempted to undermine the friendship between Islamabad and Beijing. He mentioned relations with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, EU countries, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Iran as other focus areas.
The new PM said that Pakistan will strengthen relations with America on the basis of equality.
Shahbaz announced his intention to get the Parliamentary Committee on Security to hold a closed-door briefing on the letter cited by Imran as evidence of the threat posed by a “foreign power” against his government.
“The nation should know if he has been lied to,” said the new PM, promising to “go home” if an iota of evidence was found to support his predecessor’s conspiracy theory. “This debate must be put to an end,” he said.
Shahbaz accused Imran of mismanaging the economy to such an extent that bringing it back on track would be a big challenge for his government.
The 70-year-old had served as the chief minister of Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, thrice before Imran became the PM in 2018. He is credited with carrying out critical infrastructure improvements during his tenure.
But like his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, a three-time former PM, Shahbaz faced corruption charges and spent time in jail during Imran’s tenure. He has not been convicted of any of these crimes so far.
Shahbaz’s son Hamza, who was heard in the money laundering case on Monday, aims to follow in his father’s footsteps and become the next CM of Punjab province.
As Shahbaz marked his run-up, Imran, who views the Sharif and Bhutto-Zardari clans as part of the dynastic politics of old Pakistan, found comfort in the snowballing protests against the dismissal of his government in the cities. He tweeted, “Never in our history have there been so many crowds so spontaneously and in such numbers, who rejected the imported government led by miscreants.”
Imran claims his rivals colluded with the US to remove him because of his foreign-policy stance on Russia and China. Washington has strongly opposed the allegation.