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Islamabad/Lahore: In view of no party getting a clear majority in Pakistan’s general elections, Army Chief General Asim Munir supported former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s (Nawaz Sharif) call to form a coalition government. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar said that he hopes to form a coalition government in the country.
Efforts to form a coalition government amid the possibility of a hung Parliament gained momentum when Sharif on Friday appealed to rival political parties to join hands to take Pakistan out of its current difficulties. It is believed that Sharif has the support of the powerful army.
Surprising everyone, independent candidates supported by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have won 100 seats in the National Assembly in Thursday’s elections.
According to the results declared by the Election Commission of Pakistan for 255 out of 265 seats, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has won 73 seats, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has won 54 seats and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has won 17 seats. . Small parties have won the other 11 seats.
To form the government, any party will have to win 133 out of 265 seats in the National Assembly. The election on one seat was postponed after the death of a candidate. Overall, 169 seats out of 336 are required to achieve a simple majority, which also includes seats reserved for women and minorities.
Counting of votes is still going on. Elections were held in the country on Thursday amid allegations of rigging, sporadic violence and mobile internet shutdown.
“Pakistan’s diverse polity and pluralism will be well represented by a unified government of all democratic forces aligned to the national cause,” General Munir was quoted as saying in a statement. He said elections and democracy are the interests of the people of Pakistan. There are means of service.
The military is considered very powerful in Pakistan, having ruled for more than half of the last 75 years.
The statement said, “The progressive country of 25 crore people needs to be handed over to steady hands and healed to move forward from the politics of anarchy and polarization. Elections are not a contest of victory and defeat, but an exercise in determining the mandate.
The army chief said the people of Pakistan have reposed their faith in the Constitution and now it is “up to all political parties to respond with political maturity and unity”.
