TODAY Will Imran Khan Win The PM Post Or Will His Opponent?

Will Imran Khan be elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan? Or will the opposition create a ruckus and field a candidate of their own?

Pakistan’s newly-elected National Assembly (NA), the lower house of the country’s Parliament, will vote for the new Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif are in contention for the position. The two leaders filed their nomination papers for the post on Wednesday, Geo News reported.

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The PTI had emerged as the single largest party in the general elections on July 25 with 116 seats. The party has 158 members in the NA after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued notifications of the successful candidates on the reserved seats for women and the minority community on August 11.

The Khan-led party reached the current figure after nine independent candidates joined and secured 33 seats reserved for the minorities and women.

For any candidate to become the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, a simple majority of votes from the total strength of the 330-member house is required.