Yousuf Raza Gilani new prime minister was sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf at President House here on Tuesday.
Yousuf Raza Gilani, a senior member of Pakistan Peoples Party was elected as premier on Monday by parliament.
President Pervez Musharraf administrated the oath of prime minister. Neither Musharraf nor Gilani gave any speech after the five-minute ceremony at the presidential house.
The national anthem was sounded as President Pervez Musharraf and Yousuf Raza Gilani appeared into the hall.
After which some portion of the Holy Quran was recited to formally start the oath-taking ceremony.
Minutes after being elected as PM on Monday, Gilani ordered the release of the chief justice and other judges who have been held since Musharraf sacked them in November amid fears they could weaken his grip on power.
Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was meeting senior lawyers and well-wishers on Tuesday, after finally emerging from four months of house arrest the previous night to wave to ecstatic supporters.
The coalition, led by PPP and including Sharif’s PML-N and two smaller groupings, has vowed within 30 days to pass legislation reinstating the sacked judges.
Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3 and sacked some 60 judges including Chaudhry when it looked like the Supreme Court might overturn his October re-election as president.