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Sharif received 244 votes in the 342-member House. His opponents PPP Makhdoom Amin Fahim got 42 while Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf 's (PTI) Javed Hashmi bagged 31 votes.
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The vote was a formality after Sharif 's party swept back to power in the last month's election riding on a wave of public anger at last government's failures in tackling crippling energy crisis, Taliban militancy, corruption and unemployment.
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Analysts say some of Sharif 's promises may be difficult to keep. "Sharif has promised to hold talks with Taliban and end US drone attacks although it is unclear how he will bring these to an end," said Nazrul Islam, an analyst.
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Journalist Amir Mateen said Sharif will accept the army's viewpoint that all past negotiations with Taliban had failed and the only option was to take them on.
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Pakistan's newly-elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, right, receives flowers from Asifa Bhutto, daughter of Benazir Bhutto at the Presidential Palace after taking oath of prime minister in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, June 5, 2013.
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