Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan Prime Minister-designate Imran Khan on August 18.

The decision came shortly after Khan extended a personal invite over a telephone conversation to the Punjab Cabinet Minister to attend his swearing-in ceremony.

According to Punjab`s Information and Public Relations Department, Khan also thanked Sidhu for praising him in a press conference on August 2.

Meanwhile, the Punjab Minister informed the Union Home Ministry and the office of the Chief Minister of Punjab regarding his intention to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

He further revealed that he was in talks with former Indian skipper Kapil Dev, who has also been invited to the event.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday confirmed that the Prime Minister-in-waiting will take oath at the President House in Islamabad on August 18, instead of August 11.

However, former great Sunil Gavaskar declined an invitation for Imran Khan's oath-taking ceremony.