The News: PTI’s 168 number may not give Imran smooth sailing

Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party, addresses the nation at his residence in Islamabad a day after general election. (AFP)

August 1: The News report by Ansar Abbasi states that the PTI claims to be set for the formation of Imran Khan’s government at the Centre with 168 votes which, if happened, will be a unique case in the history of Pakistan and could be challenged in the Supreme Court. Simple majority of the total membership of the National Assembly starts from at least 172 in the house of 342 but the PTI interprets the “total membership” as the number of MPs who take the oath of the National Assembly.

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