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”
Nawaz Sharif
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) led by former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif has pitched the idea of a “participatory coalition government” to rival parties to end the logjam following the split verdict in the February 8 election, according to media reports on Monday.
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PML-N has 75 seats in the 266-member National Assembly, the single largest party. Independent members, mostly backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, have secured 101 seats.
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”.
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