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Top leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are engaged in discussions about a new power-sharing arrangement following the split verdict in the recent elections, which will boost efforts to form a coalition government. Is giving signal. motion. Despite independent candidates backed by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party securing the highest number of seats in Parliament, uncertainties loom over the composition of Pakistan’s next government.
None of the major parties—PML-N, PPP, or PTI—has achieved the required majority in the National Assembly, making it necessary to form a coalition.
The proposed power-sharing talks between PML-N and PPP involve a unique arrangement where the tenure of the prime minister’s post will be divided between the two parties, news agency PTI reported. “It has been proposed that a PML-N candidate will serve as prime minister for three years and leader of the PPP for two years,” a source familiar with the discussions said, according to the report.
The report said the meeting, attended by prominent personalities including PPP-Parliamentary Speaker Asif Ali Zardari, PPP Chairman Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari and former PML-N prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressed mutual willingness to explore cooperative avenues for governance. The signal was given.
The proposal mirrors a similar power-sharing agreement between the PML-N and the National Party (NP) in Balochistan in 2013, where two chief ministers from the respective parties held office for alternating parts of a five-year term.
PML-N leaders say, ‘Nawaz Sharif is still in the race for the post of PM.’
“PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is still a contender for the post of prime minister,” PML-N senator Irfan Sadiq confirmed, according to news agency PTI.
PML-N senator Irfan Sadiq told a private news conference, “We are discussing with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on the power-sharing formula in the upcoming coalition government at the Center and Nawaz Sharif as the prime ministerial candidate. “Can’t be dismissed.” channel, the report said.
He also emphasized that 74-year-old Nawaz Sharif is the prime ministerial candidate from PML-N.
Pakistan: Two parties seized seats alleging election rigging
In a rare move, Pakistan’s two major political parties, Jamaat-e-Islami and Grand Democratic Alliance, announced the seizure of three provincial assembly seats in Sindh in protest against alleged rigging in the February 8 elections, according to news agency PTI. Is. Report. However, the claims have been rejected by the country’s top election body, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
According to reports, senior Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Hafiz Naimur Rehman, who won a seat in Sindh province in the elections held on Thursday, decided to vacate his victory. Rehman said that it was not he but the candidate supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party who had won from the constituency where he had contested. According to the provisional results released by the ECP, Rehman won from PS-129 constituency (Karachi Central VIII) by 26,296 votes.
Addressing a press conference, Rehman stressed, “An independent candidate supported by PTI has won and I will not take advantage of this seat.” Highlighting the alleged discrepancies in vote counting, he said, “When I estimated there was a difference of a few hundred votes, I asked my team about each form.” [45], When we checked, we came to know that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had shown less votes for us, but since I was not successful, I lost the seat.’
Rehman further claimed that according to his team’s calculations, PTI-backed independent candidate Saif Bari had won, adding, “Therefore, as per my conscience and the moral traditions of my party, I vacate my provincial assembly seat And I demand that we win all the seats.” be returned to us”, the report said
In a related development, Grand Democratic Alliance chief Pir Sibgatullah Shah Rashidi announced at a press conference in Karachi that his party will vacate two seats in the Sindh Assembly due to concerns of result manipulation. He criticized alleged rigging and rejected the election results, declaring, “We will not take any charity seats.”
Pakistan: Protest in Sindh against alleged rigging in elections
These parties took this action after two days of protests, some of which turned violent, took place in several parts of Sindh province over alleged election rigging. Since the general elections on 8 February, several parties including PTI, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TL), and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) have objected to the results and claimed That their candidates have been deprived. Win in many constituencies.
PTI, JI, TL and JUI are leading the protests, with workers of these parties blocking highways leading to the city. Police and rangers intervened to clear the roads as traffic was disrupted. In some cases, protesters attempted to march towards the ECP provincial office in Sadar area, following which police had to use tear gas shells, water cannons and batons to disperse the crowd.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has denied systematic allegations of rigging during the February 8 general elections, acknowledging only sporadic irregularities and saying relevant forms were available for investigation.