ISLAMABAD: After days of political wheeling and dealing to win over independents and small coalition partners, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has acquired the required number to get its chief Imran Khan elected as the next prime minister, ARY News reported.<br /><br />The PTI has reached a simple majority with 173 seats in the lower house of the parliament with the support of independent members and small coalition partners and is in a comfortable position to form the government.<br /><br />Moreover, cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan’s party claims to have secured 157 seats in the Punjab Assembly to comfortably form the provincial government in the province.<br /><br />Party insiders say the PTI chief has yet not finalised a person for the coveted post of the chief minister of the country’s biggest and politically important province.<br /><br />They say he is likely to unveil the name of a nominee for the slot within the next 48 hours.
