Pakistan's Parliament to choose a new Prime Minister on Sunday.

Pakistan's Parliament to choose a new Prime Minister on Sunday.

Hours following the inaugural session of Pakistan's 16th National Assembly on Thursday, a notification from the secretariat indicated that the new parliament would convene to elect the next Prime Minister on Sunday. The joint candidate nominated by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Shehbaz Sharif, stands against Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-supported Omar Ayub for the position. Amid protests by lawmakers backed by Imran's PTI, newly elected members were sworn in during the opening session.

Key political figures who took the oath as members of the National Assembly included PML-N leader and former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ex-President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani, and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. The session commenced with commotion immediately after the national anthem concluded, with PTI legislators encircling the speaker's podium and chanting slogans in support of the party's founder. Later, when the Sharif brothers entered, PML-N members chanted slogans like "Sher aya, sher aya" (The lion has arrived). Notably, Nawaz returned to Parliament after seven years, having resigned as PM following his disqualification by the Supreme Court in the "Panama Papers" scandal in 2017. PML-N members also chanted "Ghari-chor" (wristwatch thief), alluding to the Toshakhana corruption case against Imran.

Elections for the speaker and deputy speaker are scheduled for Friday, with both officials taking the oath of office on the same day. The election for the Leader of the House is set for March 3. The February polls resulted in a fragmented mandate, with PTI-affiliated Independents securing 93 seats, followed by PML-N's 79, and PPP's 54. Last week, PPP and PML-N reached a power-sharing agreement, with the former pledging support for Shehbaz's candidacy for PM in exchange for the presidency, governorships, and the Senate chairman's position.

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