Imran to take oath in President House: Party leaders

August 01, 2018 23:30

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan will take oath at the President House instead of an open venue like the D-Chowk or Parade Ground inIslamabad as it was suggested earlier, according to his party officials.

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf emerged as the single largest party in the elections held on July 25.

The 65-year-old leader is expected to take oath on August 11.

He is holding meetings with senior party leaders to select his cabinet and chief ministers for Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces where PTI is poised to form the government as well.

Party sources said that apart from formation of the governments, issue like where he should take the oath or live as Prime Minister have also been discussed.

"It was decided that he should take oath in the President House which is a secure place," a party leader said.

President Mamnoon Hussain will administer him the oath of the office.

He said though there was some support in the party for an open place like D-Chowk, in front of the parliament, where he had protested for 126 days in 2014 or the scenic Parade Ground, but was opposed due to security reasons.

Another party leader said that Khan has also agreed to live in the Ministers' Enclave in Islamabad instead of the palatial Prime Minister House as he had already declared that he would live in a simple place.

The party has so far not said anything about who will be invited for Khan's oath taking ceremony but according to local media former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavasgar and Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Bollywood actor Aamir Khan were being invited.

The party also mulled the option if it could invite foreign leaders including those from SARRC for the oath taking ceremony.

Sources said that PTI leaders met foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua, but so far no decision has been taken. -- PTI

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