WNAM REPORT: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) late Tuesday forged an agreement to form a coalition government in the Centre as no party secured a simple majority in the February 8 general election.
Top leaders from both major parties confirmed that they were once again joining forces to form the government “in the nation’s best interest”.
Both the parties now have complete numbers and are in the position to form the next government,” PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told a press conference in Islamabad alongside top leaders from both the parties late Tuesday.
No political party secured a simple majority in the February 8 elections, forcing parties to join hands in their bid to come into power.
Bilawal said Shehbaz would be the next Prime Minister and Zardari would be the joint candidate for both parties for the President’s slot.
He added that both parties would form the next government to pull the country out of the ongoing crises and expressed hope that they would be able to deliver.
To a question regarding PML-N leader Ishaq Dar’s nomination as Senate chairman, Bilawal replied that decisions were taken in the meetings, but would be announced separately by each party.
PPP Co-chairman Zardari said that he wants to assure people that their struggle is for “you, Pakistan, and the coming generations”.
“We have come to terms on the point that we have to ensure Pakistan’s success for the coming generations,” he adde
PML-N’s Shehbaz said that he had asked the PTI-backed winning candidates to prove their majority and form the government, but they didn’t have sufficient numbers.
“We have sufficient numbers to form the next government,” he added. The PML-N stalwart also thanked Bilawal and Zardari for their cooperation. Shehbaz said that both parties decided that Zardari would be fielded as the joint candidate for the post of President
The former prime minister added that the decisions on the “offices” would be made mutually later under the guidance of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and the PPP’s top leadership.
Shehbaz also thanked the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, who will be part of the next government.
He vowed the upcoming coalition government would restore the country’s economy and fight against the menace of terrorism.
The PML-N leader said that the alliance would bring economic progress and development to the country. He said they would take measures to increase agricultural and industrial production in the country.
