Pakistan's Parliament to elect new PM today, Shehbaz Sharif leads race
Islamabad/IBNS: Members of the Pakistani National Assembly, the parliament's lower house, are expected to elect a new prime minister of the country on Sunday.
The candidates for the post are Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and secretary general of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Omar Ayub Khan.
The latter won the election to the National Assembly as an independent candidate.
Shehbaz Sharif, nominated by the Pakistan Muslim League (N) with support from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), is poised to be elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on Sunday.
Earlier on Thursday, newly elected lawmakers were sworn in during the maiden session of the 16th National Assembly.
The ruling coalition of Pakistan's parliament is led by the PML-N.
The coalition comprises the Pakistan People's Party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and the Balochistan Awami Party.
[With UNI inputs]
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
Related Articles
UN report warns refugee camps could become uninhabitable by 2050 amid rising extreme weather
At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, while highlighting how much their plight is tied to the growing climate crisis.
After Delhi blast, Islamabad hit by suicide explosion — 12 killed outside court
At least 12 people were killed and around 20 others injured in a suspected suicide blast outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad on Tuesday, a day after a separate car explosion in neighbouring nation India's New Delhi left eight people dead.
“Thought she was my wife”: Indian man imprisoned in UK for groping sleeping 12-year-old on British Airways flight
An Indian man has been sentenced to jail in the United Kingdom for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl during a British Airways flight from Mumbai to London, according to media reports.
Countdown to another Iran-Israel war? Tehran readies to 'fire 2,000 missiles in one go'
Jerusalem/IBNS: A renewed Iran-Israel war may be just a matter of time, according to a report published by The New York Times on Sunday.
Latest News
Exit polls predict NDA landslide in Bihar; Jan Suraaj struggles to make a mark
Tripura CM accuses previous Left govt of ‘job farce’; says BJP ensuring transparency in recruitment
CCTV captures masked suspect driving i20 through Badarpur toll plaza hours before Delhi blast
'Operation Sindoor still on': Govt sources warn after Delhi blast, say any terror op is an 'act of war'