On Saturday (August 18) morning, former World Cup-winning (1992) Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan took the oath as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister.

The chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan took the oath on Saturday at the President’s House (Aiwan-e-Sadr) in Islamabad. The oath ceremony started with the national anthem, followed by recitation of verses from the Holy Quran.

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Khan has been elected as the 22nd PM of Pakistan after a vote at the country’s National Assembly on Friday. While at least 172 votes (in the 342-member lower house of parliament) needed to form a government in that vote, Khan earned 176 votes while Shahbaz Sharif, the President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), got 96 votes.

After winning that election on Friday, the former Pakistan cricket team captain said, “I promise my nation today that we will bring the tabdeeli [change] that this nation was starving for. We have to hold strict accountability in this country; the people who looted this country, I promise that I will work against them. The money that was laundered, I will bring it back – the money that should have gone towards health, education, and water, went into people’s pockets.”

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In the oath ceremony on Saturday morning, Khan wore black sherwani. Legendary Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram, former cricketer and one of the present successful commentators for a long time Ramiz Raja, former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu were present among the other special guests’ list at that ceremony. His third wife Bushra Maneka also attended that ceremony.

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In a speech at the ceremony, Khan again spoke about the strict accountability as he said, “First of all, we will start strict accountability. I promise to my God that everyone who looted this country will be made accountable. I did not climb on any dictator’s shoulders; I reached this place after struggling for 22 years.”