Nawaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan PM for third time
Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif was on Wednesday sworn in as Pakistan’s Prime Minister for a record third term.
63-year-old Sharif was sworn in by President Asif Ali Zardari at a function at the Presidency on Wednesday evening after being formally elected as Prime Minister by an overwhelming majority in Pakistan’s 342-member National Assembly.
Sharif, served as premier during 1990-1993 and 1997-1999 but was ousted from office before he could complete his term – once on corruption charges and later because of a military coup led by Pervez Musharraf.
“The economic position is very bad and I will not present a fanciful image of heaven,” Sharif said while addressing the National Assembly after his formal election as the premier. He pledged that he would not “sit easy” or allow his “team to sit easy”.
