Pak PM-designate Shehbaz Sharif calls for 'freedom of Kashmiris, Palestinians' in victory speech
National Assembly after being unanimously picked as the next prime minister of the ruling coalition of the PML(N), PPP and other small outfits, Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called out the 'global silence' on the prevailing situiation in Gaza while seeking a bipartisan resolution in the House advocating 'freedom' for Kashmiris and Palestinians, Dawn reported.
«Let's all come together...and the National Assembly should pass a resolution for the freedom of Kashmiris and Palestinians,» PM-designate Shehbaz said in a 'victory speech' at the Assembly.
The Pakistan National Assembly on Sunday elected Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif as the 24th elected Prime Minister of the country, during a session that started with Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) members creating a ruckus by shouting slogans.
The PM-designate stated further that amid the severe economic downturn in the country and livelihood concerns of the people, even the expenditures of the National Assembly were being paid by borrowed money, Dawn reported.
He replied that the biggest challenge for Pakistan was that «all of the expenditure was being met via loans only», the report noted.
«All of these (expenses for running the House) is being met via loans over the last few years. This is the biggest challenge faced by the country today,» he said.
«All of our salaries are being paid via taxes. Does such a situation warrant such hooliganism?» he added, in a veiled dig at the Pakistan
