Khan supporters protest as lawmakers take oath in Pakistan parliament

Newly elected lawmaker Yusuf Raza Gilani, centre, arrives at the opening session of Parliament (Anjum Naveed/AP)

Newly elected members have been sworn in at Pakistan’s National Assembly as allies of jailed former premier Imran Khan protested against what they claim was a rigged election.

Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party repeatedly chanted “vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who is expected to form the government, entered the lower house of parliament with his brother Nawaz Sharif. Both men are former premiers.