Maryam Nawaz, the Punjab Chief Minister, will Serve a Second Term as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Alongside Shehbaz Sharif

Bengaluru, Karnataka, February 15, 2024: In the coming days, Shehbaz Sharif will take office again as the prime minister of Pakistan. This will be his second term in office, having served as prime minister from August until the dissolution of parliament before last week’s elections.

After an election that produced no clear winner, Shehbaz Sharif was selected to govern Pakistan once more, ending the political impasse. The second-largest party was courted to join the administration in an attempt to maintain stability up until this past Wednesday. Sharif’s older brother, Nawaz, announced him as the coalition’s nominee to become the next prime minister.

Although it did not pledge to enter the government, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), led by former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, supported the decision and said it would support an outside minority government. With the support of former prime minister Imran Khan, independent lawmakers made up the majority in the assembly. They clashed with the strong military over claims that the vote was manipulated.

The latest formation of the Pakistani government:

• Shehbaz Sharif was re-elected to govern Pakistan after the country’s elections, which were tainted by accusations of vote rigging, delays in the announcement of the results, protests, and an economic crisis. For sixteen months, Sharif, 72, has led the nation as prime minister. His older brother Nawaz, the leader and founder of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the biggest party in parliament, selected him as the coalition’s nominee for the position of prime minister in the future.
• Shehbaz Sharif named Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam as the Punjab province’s chief minister during a news conference.
• Having had resounding majorities throughout his three prior terms as premier, Maryam stated in an X post that her father was opposed to leading a minority coalition government. Despite having just 80 seats in the 264-seat parliament, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party has the backing of six other parties to win a majority.
• The second-largest party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), led by former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, supported the decision but indicated it would assist a minority government from the outside.
• PML-N and PPP officials stated that internal committees had been established to deliberate on the procedures involved in forming a government. Among the agenda items was persuading the PPP to become a part of the administration and hold places in the cabinet.
• The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, has declared that certain results will be legally challenged and claimed that the vote was manipulated. Both the electoral commission and the interim administration have denied the allegations.
• Analysts had anticipated that the election would provide Pakistan with a solution to its issue, but the divided results, with many independents at odds with the powerful military, may lead to even greater instability.
• Compared to the previous election in 2018, when 52.1% of voters cast ballots, Pakistan’s voter turnout for the February 8 election was 47.6%.
• The 12th general elections (GE) in Pakistan saw up to 60.6 million voters exercise their right to vote, according to a study. This is a nearly 5.8 million increase in voter turnout compared to 54.8 million in 2018.

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