Following 12 days of hobnobbing, Pakistan’s mainstream political parties have agreed to form a new coalition government.
Under the agreement, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will be the prime minister and president respectively.
After a flurry of meetings, both sides confirmed reaching an agreement on setting up a coalition government in what they called the supreme national interest.
According to Geo News, the Senate chairmanship and Punjab governorship will go to the PPP under the power-sharing deal.
The PML-N has been given the Sindh and Balochistan governorship. Additionally, the National Assembly speaker will also be from the Nawaz Sharif-led party.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told reporters in Islamabad on Tuesday evening: “The two sides have complete numbers, and we are in a position to form the next government.”
Although PTI-backed independent candidates won the highest number of National Assembly seats (92) in the Feb 8 general election, they cannot form a government on their own.
They contenders supported by the former ruling party will have to join another group to be able to form the new government.
In the lower house of parliament, the PML-N has 79 seats and the PPP has 54. They had agreed to form the next government to steer the country out of the ongoing crises, Zardari said.
Speaking on the occasion, PML-N leader and ex-premier Shahbaz Sharif promised the new coalition government would revive Pakistan’s economy and combat the scourge of terrorism.
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