ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (APP):Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has been elected as Leader of the House, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser Friday announced after completion of counting.
Imran Khan bagged 176 votes in the 342-seat house. Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) secured 96 votes, while Pakistan Peoples Party abstained from voting.
Later, the PML-N legislators gathered in front of the speaker’s dice and chanted slogans against alleged rigging, while the treasury benches mostly kept their calm, but only few of them raised slogans.
