The National Assembly met today to vote on a prime minister, after which Sharif was sworn in. It will be his third term as premier. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party won the May 11 parliamentary elections by securing 176 seats in the 342-member law-making lower house.
The vote was a formality, though the former ruling Pakistan People's Party and the party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan have also fielded candidates against Sharif.