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Pakistan’s parliament has elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister, ending a political deadlock almost a month long following elections on 8 February which were marred by allegations of rigging.
Mr Sharif was voted in by Pakistan’s National Assembly to return for a second spell as prime minister after he stood down in August last year to allow a caretaker government to conduct…