ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan is all set to take oath today (Saturday) as 22nd Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan.
The cricketer turned politician is scheduled to be administered the oath at 9:30 am by President Mamnoon Hussain.
The swearing-in ceremony is about to start at the President House in Islamabad while the guests, including Navhot Singh Sidhu, Wasim Akram and Javed Sheikh, Punjab governor designate Chaudhry Sarwar and Ramiz Raja, have started arriving at the venue.
According to the programme outlined on the invitation cards, the ceremony will begin with the national anthem after the guests, the president, and the PM-elect arrive and are seated.
After the anthem, a recitation of the Holy Quran will be performed whereafter Hussain will administer the oath, which would be followed by the signing of oath documents and serving the refreshments.
Khan had won a simple majority from lawmakers in a Friday confidence vote three weeks after the General Elections.
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Clad in a waistcoat and traditional white shalwar kameez garments and smiling broadly, he clutched prayer beads and could be seen wiping tears from his eyes as the count was announced.
