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(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: Navjot Singh Sidhu who is in Pakistan to attend Imran Khan 's swearing-in ceremony hailed Khan's election as "new dawn" and said that the new government has "come to change this country's perception".Before the start of the swearing-in ceremony, Sidhu hailed Imran Khan’s appointment at the top post, saying that the new government will “change the perception of this country”.“People like Khan Sahab (Imran Khan) create history. With this invitation, they have honoured me. People who build relationships are respected, people who break them are disrespected and I am one of those who respects relationships. It’s a new dawn. This government has come to change this country's perception, picture and destiny, with high hopes and expectations,” he said.The Congress leader who arrived in Pakistan on Friday courted controversy when he was pictured hugging the Pakistan army chief General Javed Qamar Bajwa shortly before the start of the ceremony.In another embarrassment for Sidhu, the Pakistan government, instead of seating Congress leader Sidhu with other foreign dignitaries, positioned him next to President of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Masood Khan in Aiwan-e-Sadr Hall of President’s House.The oath-taking ceremony came a day after Khan was elected by the National Assembly as the 22Prime Minister of Pakistan .While taking the oath, Khan stumbled on some words of the oath being administered by President Mamnoon Hussain.Wearing a traditional black sherwani coat, in the style of his hero and Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Khan recited the oath of office and vowed to respect the constitution."I will bear true faith and allegiance to Pakistan," Khan read from the oath, standing next to President Mamnoon Hussain. Later, he was given a guard of honour on the lawns of the prime minister's house.Also present at the ceremony was Khan's third wife, Bushra Bibi — formerly known as Bushra Maneka. It was her first public appearance since their wedding earlier this year, and she appeared escorted by tight security and covered from head to toe in a white niqab.The oath-taking was attended by scores of Pakistani celebrities, sportsmen, and politicians, as well as former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, who arrived in Islamabad on Friday.Khan, who famously captained the national cricket team to World Cup glory in 1992, had also invited some of his former teammates to witness his formal ascension to the top ministerial job in the country.Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the most seats in the July 25 national elections but fell short of an outright majority. It allied with independents to form a coalition, and Khan was elected by the National Assembly on Friday.His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), or Justice Party, holds 151 of the 342 seats in the national assembly, where a vote was held on Friday to decide who would be asked to form a government.Khan easily defeated rival Shehbaz Sharif from the outgoing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, garnering 176 votes to Sharif's 96 votes.