China News Service, April 11. A comprehensive report. On April 11, local time, the National Assembly of Pakistan held a meeting to vote on the candidate for the new prime minister.

Opposition leader Shabazz Sharif, chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League (Sharif), was elected as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan after the Prime Minister's candidate, the deputy chairman of the Justice Movement Party and Foreign Minister Qureshi, nominated by the ruling coalition, withdrew from the election.

　　However, after Foreign Minister Qureshi announced a boycott of the vote, MPs from the Justice Movement Party, where former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan belonged, also left the voting site to show a boycott.

File photo: Shabazz Sharif.

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Who is Shabazz Sharif?

　　Shabazz Sharif, 70, is the younger brother of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, also known as Little Sharif, and has rich political experience.

Al Jazeera described that Sharif, who has always been known for his capable and decisive behavior, is considered a "workaholic".

　　Little Sharif served three times as chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province of Punjab.

In 2018, Sharif Jr. ran for the Pakistani Prime Minister election on behalf of the Muslim League (Sharif faction), but lost to Imran Khan.

He has since become leader of the opposition party in the National Assembly.

　　On April 10, 2022, the day Imran Khan was ousted from the National Assembly, Sharif Jr. said that Imran Khan's departure was a new opportunity. "A new dawn has begun, and we will rebuild Pakistan."

Image source: The picture shows a screenshot from the Aljazeera report.

The new prime minister faces many challenges

　　Analysts believe that after Sharif became the Prime Minister of Pakistan, there are many imminent challenges to overcome, including soaring inflation, currency devaluation, and rapid decline in foreign exchange reserves.

And these are the key factors that lead to the political instability in Pakistan.

　　In terms of diplomatic relations, India-Pakistan relations have attracted a lot of attention.

The British "Guardian" believes that due to the ceasefire, tensions in Kashmir are currently at their lowest level since 2021.

But Indian political commentator Karan Thapar (Karan Thapar) analyzed that the Pakistani military may put pressure on the new Pakistani government on the Kashmir issue.

　　Reuters also previously predicted that if Sharif Jr. is elected, relations with countries with strong military powers such as the United States may also be repaired.

However, Rafael Rafael, a senior associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US think tank, believes that the Biden administration is currently focusing on dealing with the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

　　In addition, in terms of relations with China, when Sharif served as the chief minister of Punjab Province, he worked with China to promote a number of large-scale infrastructure projects and spoke highly of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on many occasions.

　　On April 11, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Pakistan's current political situation that as Pakistan's close neighbor and die-hard friend, China sincerely hopes that all factions in Pakistan will maintain unity and jointly safeguard the overall situation of national stability and development.

He stressed that no matter how the political situation in Pakistan changes, China will unswervingly adhere to its friendly policy towards Pakistan.

China believes that changes in Pakistan's political situation will not affect the overall situation of China-Pakistan relations.