Imran Khan to take oath as PM on August 11 - three days before Pakistan's I-Day

The worry, however, for Imran is that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Bilawal Bhutto-led Pakistan Peoples Party have agreed on formulation of a "coordinated joint strategy" to keep PTI out of power.

Picture taken from Imran Khan's official Facebook page.

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will take oath as Prime Minister on August 11, three days before the nation celebrates its Independence Day. Speaking to the newly-elected members from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Islamabad, Khan said a decision regarding nomination of the Chief Minister will be taken soon and in the best interest of the people, according to Radio Pakistan. PTI emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly in the July 25 polls whose results are fudged, claimed other major parties. PTI is still short of numbers to form its government on its own and several key parties have now begun queuing up to be a part of the next government that will be formed under his leadership . According to news agency IANS, to meet the required number of votes, the PTI leadership has reportedly approached the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), PML-Quaid (PML-Q) and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), as well as Independents. The worry, however, for Imran is that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Bilawal Bhutto-led Pakistan Peoples Party have agreed on formulation of a "coordinated joint strategy" to keep PTI out of power. The National Assembly, Pakistan's parliament, has 272 contested seats and Khan's party has done far better than all the others, winning 115 seats. The magic figure required is 137.