Pakistan's newly elected lower house of parliament met for the first time on Thursday with freshly elected members taking oaths amid protests on the floor of the house by supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan's newly elected lawmakers displays a poster of their leader and imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan as they arrive to attend opening session of the Parliament, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Imran Khan, Imran Khan," SIC members chanted as legislators, including the prime minister in waiting Shehbaz Sharif, signed the membership register of the National Assembly. One SIC member held up a poster reading "Release Imran Khan" as he went up to the speaker's dais to sign. The election for the prime minister will be held on Mar.

Source: Hindustan Times February 29, 2024 13:39 UTC