ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on swearing in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
“Congratulations to (Shehbaz Sharif) on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan,” Modi wrote on his X timeline.
Prime Minister Shehbaz took the oath of office on Monday after winning the prime ministerial election a day earlier. This is the second time that he has been elected to the country’s top office as earlier he was voted in as the prime minister in April 2022 by ousting Imran Khan through a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly.
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Earlier, President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif took the oath as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to the newly-elected prime minister, who was elected to the country’s top office for the second time.
Held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the swearing-in ceremony was attended by Outgoing Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and his cabinet members, parliamentarians, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, services chiefs, provincial governors, chief ministers and diplomats.
He was presented a guard of honor by the armed forces at the Prime Minister House.
