Islamabad (August 17, 2018): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman and prime minister-designate Imran Khan has directed to stage the oath-taking event with austerity.
Only tea and biscuits will be served to guests in the oath-taking ceremony. There will be no show of extravagance at the event, said Imran Khan.
Whereas, PTI Chairman Imran Khan and PML (N) President Shahbaz Sharif are vying for the top slot of the leader of the house in the National Assembly as Pakistan Peoples Party and JI have decided to attend the Friday’s session but not to vote for any candidate.
According to the details, the National Assembly will elect the country’s 22nd prime minister on Friday. The two candidates Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif are in the run, whose nomination papers were accepted earlier.
Nomination papers on their behalf were submitted by their party leaders in the National Assembly secretariat on Wednesday.
Election for the office will be held today, for which the session of the National Assembly has already been summoned at 3.30 in the afternoon.
The election shall be through division as enshrined in the rules of procedures and conduct of the National Assembly 2007.
On the other hand, rift between two major opposition parties Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has widen, as PPP has withdrawn its support to PML N’s Prime Ministerial candidate Shehbaz Sharif. JI has also decided to remain silent.
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Earlier, in a conversation with reporters in capital Islamabad today, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah said his party has apprised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of its reservations over PML N candidate for prime ministership.
Shah said if the PML-N does not change its PM candidate, then the PPP will make a decision accordingly.
“We have told PML-N of our reservations, we are working on [resolving it]. [But] if they don’t change their candidate then we will [make our own] decision,” he said.
The final decision will be taken after consultation with party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Zardari, Shah added.
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