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.

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.

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.

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.

They say he is likely to unveil the name of a nominee for the slot within the next 48 hours.