Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's prime minister
STORY: Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's prime minister
DATELINE: April 12, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:15
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the national assembly
2. STANDUP (English): WANG HUAN, Xinhua correspondent
STORYLINE:
The opposition's joint candidate Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday.
STANDUP (English): WANG HUAN, Xinhua correspondent
"Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session to conduct the election for the country's new prime minister, said that 174 lawmakers in the 342-member house voted in the favor of Shahbaz as opposed to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party's candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who announced that his party decided to boycott the polling process and the National Assembly members from his party would resign."
Sadiq presided over the session after Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri excused himself from conducting the session, saying the no-confidence motion moved by the opp
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