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

Date: 2018

## The fact

On 18 August 2018 [Imran Khan](/people/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](/organizations/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed parliamentary election of a new prime minister records rotation, with surrounding integrity contested on the record.

## What is established and what is not

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.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

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. Imran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election on 2018-08-18 is not a licence to treat every later National Assembly of Pakistan communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Imran Khan is sworn in as prime minister after the 2018 general election into a personality. 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.

## People

- Imran Khan: https://factrail.ai/people/imran-khan

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-politics-idUSKCN1L30K4
- https://na.gov.pk/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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