(1 Jun 2013)
1. Wide of police cars and motorcades carrying newly elected lawmakers arriving at Pakistani parliament
2. Motorcade carrying incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif, of Pakistan Muslim League-N party, arriving
3. Close Sharif getting out of vehicle
4. Mid of security pushing media to make way for Sharif going inside parliament
5. Ahsan Iqbal, newly elected member of Pakistan's National Assembly, of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, with reporters
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahsan Iqbal, newly elected member of Pakistan's National Assembly
"We would like to work with the international community to convince them that unilateral drone attacks are a violation of international law and Pakistan sovereignty, and they probably do more harm than good by creating anti-US sentiments in Pakistan."
7. More lawmakers going inside parliament
8. Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, newly elected member of Pakistan's National Assembly and head of Qaumi Watan party going inside parliament
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, newly elected member of Pakistan's National Assembly
"The good point is that it's a peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another, and I think they should continue. This continuity is basic for democracy."
10. Close of security by entrance of parliament
11. Various of parliamentarians coming out after oath taking ceremony
12. Wide exterior of parliament house
STORYLINE:
Newly elected members of Pakistan's National Assembly were sworn in on Saturday - officially marking the first transition of power between democratically elected civilian governments in the 66-year history of the country.
Lawmakers arrived at the National Assembly building in Islamabad under tight security and were immediately mobbed by reporters, including incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif whose Pakistan Muslim League-N won the May 11 elections.
The challenges the new legislators face include ongoing militant activity by Taliban and other extremists whose violence has killed thousands in the past decade and badly strained Pakistan's alliance with the United States.
"We would like to work with the international community to convince them that unilateral drone attacks are violation of international law and Pakistan sovereignty," said Ahsan Iqbal, of Pakistan Muslim League-N, one of the newly elected members of Pakistan's National Assembly.
"They probably do more herm than good by creating an anti-US sentiments in Pakistan," he added.
Despite other challenges, including energy shortages and a badly ailing economy that might force the nation to seek an international bailout, some of the newly elected parliamentarians are pleased with the peaceful transfer of power.
"The good point is that it's a peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another, and I think they should continue. This continuity is basic for democracy," said Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, head of the Qaumi Watan party, and newly elected members of Pakistan's National Assembly.
The PML-N won 176 seats in the 342-member lower house of Parliament and is expected to rule in an alliance with some independent legislators.
The previous ruling Pakistan People's Party was crushed, winning just 39 seats.
Former cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 35 seats, and has pledged to act as a strong opposition.
Khan, who is still recovering after fracturing three vertebrae and a rib when he fell off a forklift truck in the last few days of the campaign, did not attend Saturday's session.
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