ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif Monday took oath as the country’s 24th prime minister with President Arif Alvi administering his swearing-in at the President’s House.
Several dignitaries including the leaders of the country’s mainstream political parties such as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan Peoples Party, Mutahidda Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, among others, attended the oath-taking ceremony.
Among the leaders include Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan chief ministers — Maryam Nawaz, Murad Ali Shah and Sarfraz Bugti — were also present at the ceremony.
Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani was also in attendance at the President House, while Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza and other services chiefs also participated in the ceremony.
Ambassadors and diplomats from different countries were also present at the venue.
Shehbaz, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, retained the post of the country’s 24th chief executive after his 16-month-long stint serving the office from April 2022 to August 2023.