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Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif elected as Prime Minister

Shehbaz Sharif will be Pakistan's next prime minister 

Shehbaz Sharif will be Pakistan's next prime minister after he won a parliamentary vote on Monday to elect a replacement for ousted premier Imran Khan.

Sharif won the support of 174 legislators out of the 342 member house, presiding speaker of the house Ayaz Sadiq announced.

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