Modi congratulates Shehbaz on second term as Pakistani PM

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on taking oath as the prime minister of Pakistan.

PM Shehbaz Sharif took the oath as the country’s 24th premier at the President’s House in Islamabad.

PM Modi said on X, “Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.”

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Shehbaz was elected as the prime minister on Sunday, retaining the title after his 16-month-long stint in the top coveted position from April 2022 to August 2023.

This is the second time that Shehbaz will serve the nation as the premier after receiving 201 votes against his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) opponent Omar Ayub Khan who got 92 votes in a ruckus-marred session of the Parliament’s lower house.