Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan took oath as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister on Saturday, 18 August, at the President’s House in Islamabad.
Snapshot
- The PTI secured 116 general seats in the National Assembly in the 25 July polls, and is the largest party in the lower house of Parliament
- Navjot Singh Sidhu arrived in Pakistan on 17 August to attend the ceremony as Imran Khan’s “friend”
- Indian envoy to Pakistan attended ceremony
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Published: 17 Aug 2018, 1:14 AM IST