PTI to nominate Imran today

RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will formally nominate party chairman Imran Khan as party’s candidate for the Prime Minister Monday in a parliamentary meeting.

“A parliamentary meeting of the party will take place on Monday at a hotel in Islamabad,” PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday.

All MNAs-elect of the party have been directed to be present at the meeting, he added.

“Imran Khan will be formally announced as the party’s nominee for premier during the meeting,” he added.

Claiming that the PTI is now in a clear position to form the government in centre, he said, “PTI’s seat tally in the National Assembly currently stands at 125 after the inclusion of independents.”

Allies and reserved seats will take the PTI tally to 174 seats in National Assembly, he said, adding that after the support of Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), the party will have 177 seats in the House. PTI emerged as the single largest party in National Assembly with 116 seats in the July 25 polls.