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Imran Khan to be sworn in as Prime Minister today

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan will be sworn in as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (Saturday).

President Mamnoon Hussain will administer the oath of office to Imran Khan as Prime Minister of Pakistan at 10:00am at a ceremony to be held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (President House).

Imran Khan has been elected Pakistan s prime minister by the parliament after his party swept the general election last month, marking the beginning of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) tenure in power.

Earlier on Friday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been elected 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan, nearly 22 years after he started his political struggle.

He received 176 votes as against 96 votes by his only rival Shahbaz Sharif of PML (N) at the voting held at Parliament House in Islamabad to elect Leader of the House in the National Assembly on Friday afternoon.

In a house of 372, the winning candidate was required to obtain at least 172 votes to become the Prime Minister.

Members of PTI and its allied parties greeted victory of Imran Khan with thumping of desks when Speaker Asad Qaiser declared the result after completion of voting process through division of house.

Khan, clad in a waistcoat and traditional white shalwar kameez garments, smiled broadly and could be seen wiping tears from his eyes while clutching prayer beads as the count was announced.

PPP members attended the session but abstained from voting.

Earlier, the session kicked off around 4:30pm with all lawmakers seated. Imran Khan arrived at parliament well ahead of the scheduled polling time.

Before the process of election which took place through division, the Speaker read out the procedure for the election. Bells were rung for five minutes to allow Members of the National Assembly not present in the Chamber to be present.






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