National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser is presiding over the session.
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 17th August, 2018) The National Assembly session to elect the next prime minister of the country is underway.
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser is presiding over the session.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan made an early attendance. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) president and candidate for prime minister Shehbaz Sharif entered the Assembly wearing a black armband along with other PMLN leaders.
The newly-elected members of National Assembly will vote to appoint the country’s 22nd prime minister.
Imran Khan and Shahbaz Sharif had on Wednesday submitted the nomination papers for the office of the Leader of the House which were accepted by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Thursday.
The election of the Prime Minister was held through the division as enshrined in the rules of procedures and conduct of the National Assembly 2007.
The PTI emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly with 116 general seats while with the addition of the general and reserved seats of its allies the party claimed to have secured at least 175 seats.
PTI chairman Imran Khan, who has secured a simple majority in the polls required to form his government, is likely to be elected as the prime minister and will take the oath on August 18.
