Pakistan polls: Former PM Nawaz Sharif claims victory; urges rival parties to join hands for coalition govt
Nawaz Sharif on Friday claimed victory in national elections by declaring that his political party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has emerged as the largest in the vote.
Sharif has also shown interest in forming a coalition to form the government. He announced that he has tasked his younger brother and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif to reach out to the Pakistan Peoples' Party's Asif Ali Zardari, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Fazlur Rehman and Muttahida Qaumi Movement's Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui for the formation of a coalition government.
The latest count published by the election panel showed his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) winning 61 seats, much below the 133 mark needed to stake claim to form a government.
Coalition government:
Former premier Nawaz Sharif urged rival political parties to form a stable coalition government to rebuild Pakistan, saying all institutions should together play a positive role in bringing the cash-strapped country out of its difficulties.
To help cash-strapped Pakistan, Sharif said there is a need for all the political parties to sit together and form a government to pull Pakistan out of its difficulties.
«We can't hold elections again and again,» he said. «We were all sitting together yesterday but didn't address you because the results were not in.»
«We are inviting everyone today to rebuild this injured Pakistan and sit with us,» he said as the country appeared heading towards a hung parliament.
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