Shehbaz takes oath as Pak PM
Modi congratulates him
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
ISLAMABAD, Mar 05 (AP): Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as Pakistan's new prime minister on Monday after being elected a day earlier in a raucous parliamentary session.
He held the same position from April 2022 to August 2023, replacing archrival Imran Khan who was kicked out of the job after a no-confidence vote. Shehbaz is the younger brother of three-time premier Nawaz Sharif.
His appointment is controversial because of parliamentary elections last month that his opponents claimed were rigged in his favor.
Meanwhile, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals.
"Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of
Pakistan," Modi said in a post on social media platform X.
India and Pakistan are bitter adversaries with longstanding political tensions.