Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N party, which won about 75 seats in the National Assembly, has put forward the idea of a “participatory coalition government.”
Former law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar termed this scenario ‘Hobson’s choice’ and said not a single political party had secured a majority in the National Assembly, insisting that elections were “fair”, reports Dawn.
The PML-N leader was talking to the media after a meeting of the party’s top brass at Jati Umra in which consultations were held regarding the future course of action.
The ex-minister said the PML-N had started consultations with its former allies to form a government in the Centre.
“There’s only the possibility of forming the [federal] government with the backing of the PML-N. It will be a participatory coalition government,” he said, adding that it was in “the largest interest of the country that all should join hands” to form the federal government.
Pakistan went to general election on 8 February with independents backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) winning 97 seats; the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) winning 76; the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) securing 54, and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) garnering 17.