Former Pakistan Cricket Team Captain Shahid Afridi shared his thoughts after Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan following the ouster of Imran Khan from office.
Afridi took it to his Twitter and congratulated the new PM.
“Congratulations to Shahbaz Sharif on being elected the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, I hope that he will be able to use his management skills to bring Pakistan out of the current economic and political crisis,” the ex-captain said.
شہباز شریف صاحب کو پاکستان کا 23واں وزیر اعظم منتخب ہونے پر مبارکباد پیش کرتا ہوں اور اُمید کرتا ہوں کہ وہ اپنی بہترین انتظامی صلاحیتوں کو بروکار لاتے ہوئے پاکستان کو موجودہ معاشی اور سیاسی بحرانوں سے نکالنے میں کامیاب ہوں گے ۔ #PakistanZindabad 🇵🇰 @CMShehbaz
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) April 11, 2022
To which the Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Shareef replied
“Thank you Afridi Shahid for your greetings. Pakistan will come out of the challenges IA. The immediate task is to provide economic relief to the people who have been hit hard by inflation.”
Lala hopes that the new PM would be successful to pull the country out of the economic and political crises by employing his best administrative abilities.
Shahid Afridi’s salutation brought him severe backlash from the netizens. The captain received flak for congratulating the new Prime Minister. It offended the audience. Many are disappointed in Afridi for not supporting Imran Khan.
People said that they did not expect this from Shahid also they said that he has now been included in the league of Aamir Liaquat.
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Shehbaz secured 174 votes as opposed to PTI’s candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who received no votes after his party decided to boycott the polling process.
The poll took place under the chairmanship of MNA Ayaz Sadiq, two days after the lower house of Parliament voted in favor of removing Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the Opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning.
