{"id":102037,"date":"2024-03-04T09:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T06:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=102037"},"modified":"2024-03-04T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T06:15:51","slug":"pakistani-legislators-elect-shehbaz-sharif-to-be-pm-for-second-term-after-controversial-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/102037-pakistani-legislators-elect-shehbaz-sharif-to-be-pm-for-second-term-after-controversial-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani legislators elect Shehbaz Sharif to be PM for second term after controversial vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shehbaz Sharif was elected by a majority vote of the Pakistani legislators as the country\u2019s premier for a second term following the controversial Feb. 8 election last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shehbaz won 201 votes in the 336-member National Assembly, comfortably prevailing over rival Omar Ayub Khan, who won 92. The winner needed at least 169 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharif, 72, served as prime minister until August last year when the National Assembly was dissolved to make way for a caretaker government, tasked with holding the national elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shehbaz Sharif was elected by a majority vote of the Pakistani legislators as the country\u2019s premier for a second term following the controversial Feb. 8 election last month. Shehbaz won 201 votes in the 336-member National Assembly, comfortably prevailing over rival Omar Ayub Khan, who won 92. The winner needed at least 169 votes. 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