Prime Minister Narendra Modi Congratulates Shehbaz Sharif on Assuming Office as Pakistan’s Prime Minister

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on his reappointment as Prime Minister of Pakistan. Sharif began his second term on Monday, assuming leadership of the economically challenged country after a contentious election marked by allegations of electoral fraud.

In a statement released on X, PM Modi expressed his felicitations, stating, “Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on taking office as Prime Minister of Pakistan.” Despite securing the second position in the February 8 elections, Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) faced stiff competition from independent candidates backed by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, who garnered the most seats but failed to secure a parliamentary majority.