Shehbaz Sherif submits nomination for prime minister to Pakistani parliament

Islamabad, Apr. 10 (BNA): Politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan’s next prime minister to the legislature on Sunday, his party said, after incumbent Imran Khan lost a no-confidence vote in parliament after nearly four years in power.

The younger brother of three-times prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz, 70, has led a bid by the opposition in parliament to topple former cricket star Khan, and he is widely expected to replace him following a vote on Monday, Reuters reports.

The chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had handed in his nomination papers, Marriyum Aurangzeb, a spokeswoman for the party said on Sunday.

“A new dawn has started … This alliance will rebuild Pakistan,” Shehbaz Sharif told parliament on Sunday.

Sharif was for years chief minister of Punjab province and has a reputation as an effective administrator.