Pakistan's National Assembly unanimously elected Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, as the new prime minister of the coun.

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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif was the frontrunner for the PM's post

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Born into a wealthy industrialist family, Shehbaz Sharif was first elected to the provincial office in 1988.

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He was elected to the National Assembly in 1990.

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After a four-year-long stint as the leader of opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Sharif became the chief minister of the province for the first time in 1997.

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Shehbaz Sharif became the chief minister of Punjab for the second time in 2008. He was elected for the third time in 2013

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Shehbaz Sharif has been accused of corruption. In December 2019, the National Accountability Bureau seized nearly two dozen properties belonging to him and his son Hamza on charges of money laundering.

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