Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif elected PM as Khan's party boycotts vote

Large protests signal uphill battle for new leader China sees as 'old friend'

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Pakistan's Shehbaz Sherif speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court on April 7, days before he was selected the country's new prime minister. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's National Assembly on Monday elected Shehbaz Sharif to serve as prime minister, capping a stunning political reversal after Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote over the weekend.

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