Pakistan election: PML-N names Shehbaz Sharif for prime minister
Sharif last served as prime minister from 2022 to 2023, leading a coalition government that included his PML-N party, the PPP and 11 other small and religiopolitical parties.
Shehbaz Sharif is the younger brother of Pakistan's former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Amid political wrangling over stitching together a coalition government, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has named Shehbaz Sharif as its prime ministerial candidate, a party leader said.
Khawaja Asif, a former foreign minister and senior PML-N leader, told reporters in his home city Sialkot in eastern Punjab province that the party has nominated Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, for the coveted position.
Shehbaz Sharif served as prime minister from 2022 to 2023, leading a coalition government that included the PML-N, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and 11 other small and religiopolitical parties.
The PML-N and PPP have won 75 and 54 seats, respectively, out of 266 direct seats in the lower house or the National Assembly in the February 8 crucial elections.
The Sharifs have held parleys with the Zardari-led PPP about forming a coalition government, but no official decision has been made yet.
Besides, the PML-N is also in discussions with the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), which has won 17 seats in the parliament as per the Election Commission of Pakistan announcement.
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