Nawaz Sharif News
Jaishankar travelled to Islamabad on Tuesday for a nearly 24-hour trip to attend the conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), becoming the first Indian foreign minister to visit Pakistan in the last nine years amid continuing strain in ties.
Sharif addressed several issues, including the high cost of electricity, the party's resurgence, local body elections, and coordination between the federal and Punjab governments.
Mian Javed Latif, a stalwart from Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N, has openly admitted that his party failed to secure a simple majority in the National Assembly during the recent general elections.
Several parties with previous parliamentary roles had expressed doubts about the reliability of the results due to delays, despite the election commission’s assurances of releasing the official results on time.
The suspense on who will be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan remains. Despite being in jail, Imran Khan's charisma in Pakistani politics remains intact, and the election results have also testified to this.
Pakistan Army chief Gen Asim Munir on Saturday supported former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s proposal to form a coalition government with other democratic forces.
Pak Elections: The unofficial results reported by Geo News on 255 out of 265 seats show the independents leading on 100 seats, followed by PML-N and PPP at 73 and 54 respectively.
As per the latest tally, PTI-backed candidates have won 99 seats while PMLN has bagged 70 seats and Bilawal Bhutto's PPT got 53 seats. Of the 266 seats that went to the polls, 134 is the majority mark.
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