Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s parliamentary committee on Monday officially nominated Imran Khan as the party\u2019s prime ministerial candidate.<\/p>\n
The party of the 65-year-old cricketer-turned-politician emerged as the single largest side in the National Assembly in the July 25 general elections.<\/p>\n
Khan was nominated by PTI\u2019s parliamentary committee which met at a hotel here. The meeting was attended by several top leaders and elected members of PTI including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Pervez Khattak, Chaudhry Sarwar, Fawad Chaudhry, Arif Alvi and Shafqat Mahmood.<\/p>\n
Qureshi, the party\u2019s senior vice president, presented a resolution in favour of Khan\u2019s nomination to become the party\u2019s parliamentary leader, which was accepted by the members.<\/p>\n
The meeting was taken into confidence about the formation of the government and it unanimously decided to nominate Imran Khan as party nominee for the Prime Minister, according to PTI sources.<\/p>\n
Khan thanked the members for showing confidence in his leadership.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Khan left his Banigala residence for the first time after his party\u2019s victory in last week\u2019s elections. Despite Khan\u2019s explicit instructions and refusal to travel with a large protocol, a number of cars and heavy security tagged along with him.<\/p>\n
While the exact date of the swearing-in of Pakistan\u2019s new prime minister has not been announced, reports say it could take place on August 14, the Independence Day of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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