KARACHI: Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday paid tribute to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers for upholding party discipline and ideology.

In her tweet on Tuesday, Maryam said, "Tributes to PML-N MNAs who proved what a party is; what discipline is; what is called an ideology and what a leader is".

She added that a man's character should be such that his opponents would testify for it.

The statement came hours after the ruling PML-N got Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected as the new prime minister, following Nawaz Sharif's disqualification by the Supreme Court.

Abbasi swept the election securing 221 of 339 votes.