Pak president 'complains of discomfort' hours before swearing in Shehbaz Sharif as PM
India Today
According to the president’s official Twitter account, President Dr Arif Alvi complained of discomfort and has been examined by a doctor, who has advised him to rest.
Pakistan’s President, Dr Arif Alvi, has fallen ill just hours away from swearing in the country’s 23rd Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif. According to the president’s official Twitter account, he complained of discomfort and has been examined by a doctor.
“President Dr Arif Alvi has complained of discomfort. The physician has examined him thoroughly and has advised him rest for a few days,” the tweet read.
President Dr. Arif Alvi has complained of discomfort. The physician has examined him thoroughly and has advised him rest for a few days.
Alvi was scheduled to administer the oath of office to PM-designate Sharif tonight. Now, after the recent developments, Shehbaz Sharif will likely be sworn in by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.
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Shehbaz Sharif was elected by the members of the Pakistan’s National Assembly to be the new prime minister, substituting for hurt-out Imran Khan for about 15 months until the next general elections. Imran Khan was ousted in a long-drawn out and dramatic midnight vote on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. He is the first PM of Pakistan to be overthrown through a no-trust motion and the third to face the challenge.
In 2017, too, Shehbaz Sharif was at the same crossroads as now. But then the toppled prime minister was his brother Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted in a Panama Papers case. What Shehbaz Sharif was reluctant to do then, he did it now - substituting for an ousted Pakistani prime minister.
