TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a die-hard supporter of Nawaz Sharif has elected Prime Minister by Pakistans National Assembly and put up a strong defence of the ousted leader saying that he may have been disqualified by the Supreme Court but remains the “peoples premier”.
Abbasi, 58, was elected after getting 221 votes in the House of 342, defeating his three rivals emphatically.
Naveed Qamar of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) got 47 votes, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, an Awami Muslim League leader who was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insafs candidate, got 33 votes, while Jamaat-e-Islamis Sahibzada Tariqullah managed just four votes.
Sharifs Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominated Abbasi as interim Prime Minister until Sharifs brother Shehbaz is elected as a National Assembly member.
“Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been declared as elected as Prime minister of Islamabad Republic of Pakistan,” National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced amid sloganeering.
He then asked Abbasi to take the seat of the prime minister and address the House. Abbasi, while addressing Parliament after the voting, said that his election was a victory for democracy.
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