Dawn.com :
PTI Chief Imran Khan has been elected the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan.
Khan won with 176 seats while his opponent, PML-N’s Shahbaz Sharif, secured 96 votes in the polling that took place in the National Assembly on Friday.
The newly elected members of the National Assembly finished casting their votes for the two contenders in the running for the premier post: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif. “Those who wish to vote for Imran Khan, please go to the lobby on my right. Those who wish to vote for Shahbaz Sharif, go to the lobby on my left,” said newly elected speaker of the house, Asad Qaiser. Over 172 votes have been cast, according to PTV News.
According to DawnNewsTV, PML-N leader and former assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq made a last-minute attempt to convince PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari – whose party earlier announced it would abstain from voting – to support Shahbaz Sharif. The session kicked off around 4:30pm – an hour later than expected – with all lawmakers seated under the chairmanship of the assembly speaker. Khan arrived at parliament well ahead of the scheduled polling time. By 3:30pm, Sharif had also arrived at the venue, but did not make an appearance in the assembly until after 4:14pm. Sharif, flanked by other PML-N MNAs, walked into the House with a black band around his upper arm in protest against alleged rigging in the election. Despite the PPP’s boycott of today’s vote, chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also attended the session. Shahbaz shook hands with both Imran and Bilawal on his way to the benches. As the session opened, PML-N’s Murtaza Javed Abbasi took strong issue with the manner in which “the sanctity of the house was violated”. “The voting for PM has not even started yet and the sanctity of house is already being violated, we register protest,” he said, adding: “The government that was installed by khalai makhlooq has not even taken power yet.” NA Speaker Asad Qaiser attempted to restore order in the house as PML-N leaders voiced their objections to what they alleged was “engineering” in the July 25 polls.
PTI Chief Imran Khan has been elected the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan.
Khan won with 176 seats while his opponent, PML-N’s Shahbaz Sharif, secured 96 votes in the polling that took place in the National Assembly on Friday.
The newly elected members of the National Assembly finished casting their votes for the two contenders in the running for the premier post: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif. “Those who wish to vote for Imran Khan, please go to the lobby on my right. Those who wish to vote for Shahbaz Sharif, go to the lobby on my left,” said newly elected speaker of the house, Asad Qaiser. Over 172 votes have been cast, according to PTV News.
According to DawnNewsTV, PML-N leader and former assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq made a last-minute attempt to convince PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari – whose party earlier announced it would abstain from voting – to support Shahbaz Sharif. The session kicked off around 4:30pm – an hour later than expected – with all lawmakers seated under the chairmanship of the assembly speaker. Khan arrived at parliament well ahead of the scheduled polling time. By 3:30pm, Sharif had also arrived at the venue, but did not make an appearance in the assembly until after 4:14pm. Sharif, flanked by other PML-N MNAs, walked into the House with a black band around his upper arm in protest against alleged rigging in the election. Despite the PPP’s boycott of today’s vote, chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also attended the session. Shahbaz shook hands with both Imran and Bilawal on his way to the benches. As the session opened, PML-N’s Murtaza Javed Abbasi took strong issue with the manner in which “the sanctity of the house was violated”. “The voting for PM has not even started yet and the sanctity of house is already being violated, we register protest,” he said, adding: “The government that was installed by khalai makhlooq has not even taken power yet.” NA Speaker Asad Qaiser attempted to restore order in the house as PML-N leaders voiced their objections to what they alleged was “engineering” in the July 25 polls.
