The PML-N leader defeated Rana Aftab of the PTI-backed SIC to win the chief ministerial elections for the strategically significant Punjab province, which has 120 million people.
Intro of Maryam Nawaz Sharif
Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, became Pakistan’s Punjab province’s first female chief minister on Monday.Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, won the chief ministerial elections despite a walkout by parliamentarians from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council.
The PML-N leader defeated Rana Aftab of the PTI-backed SIC to win the chief ministerial elections in Punjab, a politically important province with a population of 120 million.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif made a visit to her mother’s tomb at Jati Umra before proceeding to the Punjab Assembly, where the chief minister election was held.
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In a post on X, the PML-N stated that Maryam Nawaz Sharif also visited her paternal grandparents’ graves.
“For the first time in our country’s history, a woman would be elected chief minister of Punjab. Maryam Nawaz Sharif will be the first woman to take the oath as Chief Minister of Punjab,” the PML-N said in a post on X before to the election.
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