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Imran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election

On 18 August 2018 Imran Khan took the oath as prime minister after PTI emerged as the largest party in the 25 July general election and assembled a coalition. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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On 18 August 2018 Imran Khan took the oath as prime minister after PTI emerged as the largest party in the 25 July general election and assembled a coalition.

Context

ECP notified. The House voted him leader. Opposition alleged a ‘selected’ government. An allegation of military engineering is not stored as a completed steal. A completed oath still records rotation after PML-N.

The 2022 no-confidence is a later ending. 2013 KP is an earlier foothold.

Pakistan’s prime minister is elected by the National Assembly and chairs the cabinet. He does not write IMF Executive Board minutes, Indian statutes, army operational orders, NAB judgments, or PBS CPI methodology. A maiden speech is not a Finance Act. A rally is not a gazette. A diplomatic cable is not a completed foreign coup. A tweet is not a statute.

Why it matters

The path is democratic resilience: a completed parliamentary election of a new prime minister records rotation, with surrounding integrity contested on the record.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Imran Khan

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.8 · verified

    He was the coalition nominee and took the oath. The House voted. ECP notified. The army did not sit as a member.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactImran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election
    2. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 18 August 2018 · verified

    A completed oath after a general election records executive rotation, with integrity still contested.

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — Imran Khan sworn in as Pakistan prime ministerReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.National Assembly of Pakistan — election of prime minister, 11 April 2022 neighbourhoodNational Assembly of Pakistan · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

National Assembly of Pakistan carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: an 18 August 2018 oath as prime minister after the July vote, independently reported.

Not established: a completed finding that 2018 was free and fair, or that it was stolen.

The House voted. ECP notified. The army did not sit as a member.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Imran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election, not a later speech about Imran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He was the coalition nominee and took the oath. The House voted. ECP notified. The army did not sit as a member. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorImran Khan
  2. contributed toFactImran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election
  3. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Imran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pk-imran-pm-2018

https://factrail.ai/facts/pk-imran-pm-2018

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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