Shahbaz Sharif, who is the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Mohammad Shehbaz Sharif, the head of Nawaz Muslim League and the brother of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, was elected as the 24th Prime Minister of the country today by the majority of the members of the National Assembly. , a personality who is more famous as a successful manager than a politician.

This is the second time that Shahbaz Sharif is elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. After the removal of Imran Khan’s government, he was in power as the prime minister of the coalition government from April 1401 to the end of August 1402.

During the first term of Shahbaz Sharif’s prime ministership, his government faced serious challenges, including the economic crisis, political unrest caused by the protests of the opposition wing led by Imran Khan, terrorism, the devastating flood in the summer of 1401, and foreign policy challenges, including continuous tensions with Afghanistan. And India was facing.

According to this report, the representatives of the ruling faction consisting of Muslim League Nawaz, Hizb-e-Marmad, Awami Balochistan, National Awam Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Muslim League Quaid and Pakistan Strong Party voted in today’s meeting in support of Shehbaz Sharif. Unlike his brother, he has friendly relations with the powerful military establishment of Pakistan, and he was chosen as the new prime minister of Pakistan.

Shehbaz Sharif won 201 votes against his opponent Omar Ayub Khan (92 votes) from Imran Khan’s party and once again took the helm of his country’s prime minister.

At the same time, Shahbaz Sharif announced after the success of his supporters and other allied factions to form a new government that the future government of Pakistan will never follow the policy of revenge against the opposition and will focus on improving the livelihood of the country and addressing the challenges ahead. People will leave.

Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, 72 years old, was born on the first of Mehr 1330 (September 23, 1951) in the city of Lahore. He is the head of the Muslim League Nawaz and the brother of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, who has served three terms as the chief minister of Punjab, the second most populous province of Pakistan. He is the representative of the Muslim League Nawaz in this year’s general elections He once again entered the National Assembly of Pakistan.

The political history of Shahbaz Sharif and his entry into the world of Pakistani politics dates back to 1988; When he became a member of the Punjab State Assembly and 2 years later he was elected as a representative in the National Assembly of this country. He was elected as the Minister of Punjab for the first time in 1376.

After the military coup in 1378 by General Pervez Musharraf, Shehbaz Sharif was arrested and sent to prison along with his brother Nawaz Sharif, but after some time he was exiled to Saudi Arabia with his family members and finally returned to Pakistan in 2007.

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Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab for the second and third time in the elections of 2008 and 2013 and was able to become famous as an efficient manager and beyond a traditional politician.

After Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and his brother’s trial on charges of money laundering and corruption, he was appointed as the head of Nawaz Muslim League. In December 2018, the National Audit Court of Pakistan filed several corruption cases against Shehbaz Sharif, and finally in October 2019, he was arrested on the aforementioned charges, but after some time, he was released from prison on bail by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Political observers in Pakistan believe that Shahbaz Sharif, unlike his brother Nawaz Sharif, has a close relationship with the powerful military establishment of this country. Disagreement with the army was always the main challenge for the previous governments of Pakistan headed by Nawaz Sharif, which led to his dismissal along with the cases of corruption and mismanagement of the country.

Both brothers have faced numerous corruption cases in the National Court of Audit, including during the prime ministership of Imran Khan, but no charges or crimes against Shahbaz were proven or confirmed by the court.

Shehbaz Sharif may be less known outside of Pakistan, but inside the country he is more famous as a successful manager than a politician.

The 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan is known as a person with a soft and tolerant approach who does not seek confrontation with other powerful political forces, especially the military, and will try to establish a sincere and constructive working relationship with other powerful institutions. Pakistan should maintain.

At the same time, the management of Pakistan’s political situation due to Imran Khan’s party’s strong protest against the election results, keeping the parties allied with the government satisfied, restoring the country’s ailing livelihood, especially large foreign debts, improving relations with foreign countries, including managing old tensions with India, Afghanistan and America are among the challenges that Shahbaz Sharif’s government will face.

Source: IRNA