Imran Khan to chair PTI's parliamentary party meeting today
Imran has directed newly-elected members of his party to ensure their presence in todays meeting.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and PM-designate Imran Khan will chair PTI’s parliamentary party meeting at a hotel in Islamabad today (Monday), Dunya News reported.
Imran Khan has convened the PTI’s parliamentary party to hold consultation over voting in National Assembly for speaker, deputy speaker and prime minister (PM).
The PTI chief has directed the newly-elected members of his party to ensure their presence in today’s meeting.
Imran Khan will issue guidelines to the newly-elected members of National Assembly and will also take them into confidence. Shah Mahmood Qureshi -- during the same meeting -- will brief members about the procedure of the voting for aforementioned slots.
Earlier on Sunday, Khan held in-depth discussions with the top brass of party over names for Punjab Chief Minister (CM) and formation of federal cabinet.
The Constitution makes it mandatory to convene NA session within 21 days of general elections. In the first session, newly elected members of the lower house of the parliament will take oath. Following this, the MNAs will go into voting to pick their speaker and deputy speaker.
The ballot for prime minister and opposition leader will held shortly after.
On the other hand, PTI’s tally in NA has augmented to 158 after Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) allotted 28 reserved seats for women and five seats for minorities. Taking into account the numbers of coalition partners, PTI is well in position to form government in the Centre.
