Imran Khan Elected Leader Of The House

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has been elected as Leader of the House, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser Friday announced after completion of counting.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Aug, 2018 ) :Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has been elected as Leader of the House, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser Friday announced after completion of counting.

Imran Khan bagged 176 votes in the 342-seat house.

Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) secured 96 votes, while Pakistan Peoples Party abstained from voting.

Later, the PML-N legislators gathered in front of the speaker's dice and chanted slogans against alleged rigging, while the treasury benches mostly kept their calm, but only few of them raised slogans.