CNews ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Monday elected PPP's Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani as the new prime minister of the country with thumping majority.Gilani bagged 264 votes. The rival candidate Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, fielded by the Pakistan Muslim League-Q and its allies secured 42 votes.
In a maiden speech on the floor of National Assembly after he was elected as Prime Minister, he said, “I request the national assembly as my first job to pass a resolution for UN probe into the assassination of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.”
Elaborating the top priorities of the new government, the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani vowed to take all out efforts for the supremacy of parliament.
He also said the National Assembly should pass another resolution to apologize to the nation for hanging of Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto.
Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani also said that he would issue the immediate directives for release of the held judges.
Gillani also vowed to take efforts for the resolution of multiple problems of people, saying, “ We realize that the people of the country confront several problems including shortage of electrify.”
"Today, democracy has been restored thanks to the great sacrifice of Benazir Bhutto," the 55-year-old Gilani, wearing a dark suit and tie, said in his first speech to parliament. "I invite all political forces to join us because the country is facing such a crisis that a single man cannot save it," he said.
