The newly-elected members of Pakistans National Assembly, the parliaments lower house, will have a vote on Friday to appoint the countrys 22nd prime minister, local media reported.
NEW DELHI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th August, 2018) The newly-elected members of Pakistans National Assembly, the parliaments lower house, will have a vote on Friday to appoint the countrys 22nd prime minister, local media reported.
According to the Geo tv channel, the two candidates for the prime minister office are Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, and Shehbaz Sharif, the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
The vote is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. local time (10:30 GMT), according to the channel.
On July 25, Pakistan held elections to the National Assembly, as well as to regional legislative bodies of the country. The PTI won the election and remains the majority party in the lower house having a total of 151 out of 342 seats. According to the channel, Khan has a support of at least 175 lawmakers.
