Pakistan

Ejazul Haq greets Nawaz on becoming PM

Published June 5, 2013 Updated June 5, 2013 07:43pm

ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Muslim League Zia (PML-Z) Ejazul Haq Wednesday congratulated PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on becoming prime minister of the country.

Talking to Pakistan Television, he said that smooth transition of power had been completed for the first time in the history of country.

Ejazul Haq said that Nawaz Sharif was the first leader in the history who had become prime minister for third time.

He said there were many challenges, including terrorism, energy and economic crises, which the new government would have to solve.