Pakistan elects Raja Parvez Ashraf as its new PM

Raja Parvez Ashraf, candidate of ruling Pakistan People’s Party is the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.

He was elected in a special session of the National assembly held in Islamabad after getting 211 votes out of 300 cast in the voting
The special session of National Assembly was called to elect a new PM after the dismissal of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani by the Supreme Court of Pakistan

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