KATHMANDU: A meeting held at the CPN-UML parliamentary party office in Singhadurbar today appointed party Chair KP Sharma Oli as the Parliamentary Party (PP) leader.

Oli was unanimously chosen for the position of PP leader, after his name was proposed by senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.

Oli will be sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal amid a function at the Office of the President in Shital Niwas at 4:00 pm today, according to President’s secretariat.