Presumably, Sharif will resume his previous role, which he had until the assembly was dissolved in August to prepare for the election.
Sharif, 72, was prime minister prior to the dissolution of the National Assembly in August of last year, which made way for a caretaker government charged with overseeing the nation’s election process. His younger brother, three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, founded the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) party, which is affiliated with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to form the government.
It is anticipated that Shehbaz will be supported by the political organization that lawmakers from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which was disqualified from running for office due to purported violations of election law, against rival Omar Ayub Khan, who is backed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
Shehbaz, the current PMLN president, has the backing of roughly 200 members of the 336-member parliament. It takes 169 votes to win.