Pakistan

PM Shehbaz discusses security issues with COAS Munir

Published March 6, 2024 Updated March 6, 2024 07:01pm

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed security and professional issues with Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Asim Munir.

The two met at the Prime Minister’s House, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said in a post on X on Wednesday.

General Munir congratulated the PM on the assumption of office and expressed his best wishes.

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On Sunday, PM Shehbaz won the prime minister’s election after clinching 201 votes against his PTI-backed opponent from the Sunni Ittehdad Council (SIC) Omar Ayub Khan, who managed to secure 92 votes.

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This is the second consecutive time that Shehbaz has been elected as PM.

He was later administered oath by President Dr Arif Alvi in a ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad.