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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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
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.