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Imran Khan becomes Pakistan's new PM, defeats Shahbaz Sharif

  •   Fri, Aug 17 2018 06:51:41 PM

Islamabad, Aug 17 (PTI): Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Friday defeated Shahbaz Sharif in a one-sided contest to become Pakistan's next prime minister after the grand opposition alliance fell apart over the PML-N chief's nomination for the top post.

The election in the 15th National Assembly became just a formality after the Pakistan Peoples Party-led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari with 54 seats abstained from voting.

Khan, 65, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), secured 176 votes while his only rival and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Sharif got 96 votes.

Khan will take the oath on Saturday.

A total of 172 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament are needed to form a government.
  

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  • mohan, Mangalore

    Sat, Aug 18 2018

    India have some hope that by his leadership India Pakistan relation will be improve....

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  • Francis, Shirva/UK

    Sat, Aug 18 2018

    Imran Khan, was overjoyed from great support by Indian people during world cup winning. He is in still same sprit and invited his Indian cricket friends to attend the ceremony. Hopefully new era will start between India and Pakistan relationship and it will washout the bad things created by few crazy people. Both side will have to reduce the military spending and use this amount on people's welfare.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Fri, Aug 17 2018

    Peace talks cannot be held with Gavaskar, Kapil , Amir Khan and Siddu .

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  • Haneef, West Africa

    Fri, Aug 17 2018

    Imran Khan itna tez nahee fake sakta
    Jitna hamara feku fake sakta

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Aug 17 2018

    I am 100 % sure Imran Khan cannot bowl faster than our 'Fake & Run Bowler' ...

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Fri, Aug 17 2018

    We hope that India and Pak relation will strengthen and peace will restore. Best of luck to Imran Khan.

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Fri, Aug 17 2018

    No invitation, time for yet another gate-crash.

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