ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's National Assembly convened Thursday under a cloud of controversy cast by general elections that the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan insists were rigged.
After lawmakers take their oaths, a coalition of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and some smaller parties is set to secure the posts of speaker, deputy speaker and prime minister in the coming days. But even the procedure for calling the assembly session was contentious -- yet another sign that the country faces prolonged political turmoil.
