The newly-elected National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, is meeting to elect the prime minister.

The government and people of Pakistan extend their 'heartfelt condolences' to Vajpayee's family and to the government and people of India, the spokesman said.

The relations between Pakistan and the US nosedived this January after US President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of giving nothing to Washington but "lies and deceit" and providing "safe haven" to terrorists.

Russia has over the past three years provided four Mi-35M combat and cargo helicopters to Pakistan and the militaries of the two countries also held joint drills codenamed 'Friendship'.

Earlier on July 30, Khan, 65, had expressed his desire to take the oath of prime minister on August 11, as his party announced that it had acquired enough seats in the lower house through coalition talks to form a majority government.

PM Modi telephoned Imran Khan to congratulate him on his party's victory in the general elections

PTI leader Naeenul Haq told media on Saturday night that consultations are on to complete the number game.

Jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz with 64 and former president Asif Ali Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party with 43 seats are placed at number two and three respectively, the Election Commission of Pakistan said.

PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said that they have the required numbers to form government.

A single party will need at least 137 of the directly elected seats to be able to form the government on its own.

Before the elections, concerns have been raised in the country over the participation of hardline Islamist groups in large numbers.

Counting has begun for the election which will be the second democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year history.

Decision will be taken in second democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year chequered history.

Sharif, the PML-N prime ministerial candidate, said that Pakistan cannot become a great nation by voting leaders like Imran Khan who have made false promises to "our nation".

The EU too urged Pak to ensure "safe and secure conditions" for the polls.

The court also refused to suspend the conviction in the case until the appeals were decided.

Pakistan's memorial will be in response to pleadings filed by India in the Hague-based ICJ on April 17.

The court delivered the verdict after postponing it for four times in the Avenfield corruption case -- pertaining to the ownership of four flats in the posh Avenfield House in London.

The placement on to grey list could hurt Pakistan's economy as well as its international standing.

Currently placed on the FATF'S 'grey list', Pakistan has been scrambling in recent months to avoid being added to a list of countries deemed non-compliant with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations by the FATF.