PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif — who is the former joint opposition's candidate for the prime minister's slot — and PTI's Shah Mahmood Qureshi are in the race to become the country's new prime minister.
Among the two, Shehbaz is said to have brighter chances of making it to the top slot. Meanwhile, the possibility of Qureshi going ahead with contesting the election remains uncertain as the PTI is yet to decide on its lawmakers resigning, in which case the former foreign minister would have to choose between competing for the prime minister's position and resigning along with other MNAs.
According to the NA agenda issued by the house's secretariat for today, the session for the prime minister's election will begin at 2pm.
The premier's election is the only item on the agenda — apart from the recitation of the Holy Quran and a Naat, which marks the commencement of every NA session — stating that the house would convene to vote for the new leader of the house "as required by Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, read with rule 32 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007".
Former prime minister Imran Khan arrived at Parliament House ahead of the session for the election of a new premier to chair a meeting of the party's parliamentary committee.
When asked to comment on protests held across the country by PTI supporters last night, he smiled and said: "God is the one who gives respect."
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