Nominated candidate of eight-party coalition takes office after gathering of national assembly
Shehbaz Sharif has been sworn in as the next prime minister of Pakistan, after an election that was riddled with allegations of rigging and irregularities.
Sharif, who is from the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) party, was the nominated candidate of a new eight-party coalition, which was formed after no single party managed to win an outright majority in the election on 8 February.
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