PM Shehbaz Sharif to make his first day-long visit to Karachi

Shehbaz Sharif, the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is scheduled to make his first trip to Karachi today (today). He will be received by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.

PM Shehbaz will visit Mazar-e-Quaid along with the leadership of the coalition parties “to reiterate observance of the golden principles of the Founder of the Nation aimed at progress and prosperity of the country.”

At CM House, the PM will host a consultative meeting to discuss the development projects in the metropolis. In addition to that, the prime minister will also discuss the law and order situation in Sindh.

According to the MQM-P, Prime Minister Shehbaz will also visit the party’s office in Bahadurabad at 2pm to meet the party leaders.

Following the ouster of PTI chairman Imran Khan from the office of prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif — who was the Opposition’s joint candidate — was elected as the 23rd premier of Pakistan on Monday.

Shehbaz secured 174 votes as opposed to PTI’s candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who received no votes after his party decided to boycott the polling process.

The poll took place under the chairmanship of MNA Ayaz Sadiq, two days after the lower house of Parliament voted in favour of removing Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the Opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning.