Shehbaz Sharif was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday during a National Assembly session boycotted by the opposition.
However, the country is probably not done with political upheavals as his predecessor Imran Khan intends to make life difficult for him.
Nawaz Sharif's younger brother
Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Sharif, 70 years old and younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, who was three times Prime Minister, won 174 votes in an Assembly which has 342 seats.
He succeeds Khan, 69, at the head of this Islamic republic of 220 million inhabitants equipped with nuclear weapons.
Former star cricketer elected in 2018, he was overthrown on Sunday by a motion of censure, a first in the country's history.
A rough session
The session was boycotted by the vast majority of MPs from Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Pakistan Justice Movement), who also announced their resignation from the Assembly, as did the former prime minister.
"Allah saved Pakistan today, thanks to the prayers of millions of Pakistanis," said the new head of government.
“It is the victory of righteousness and evil has been defeated.
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Sharif has received the support of a heterogeneous coalition, which also includes the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, assassinated in 2007, and the small conservative religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) by Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
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