ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete and final results of the South Asian country’s General Election 2024 held on February 8.
According to a press statement issued by the ECP, the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the nation’s parliament, independent candidates took 101 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif secured 75 seats and the Pakistan People Party Parliamentarians (PPP) of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got 54 seats.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan collected 17 seats and the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan (JUI-F) got 4 seats in the country’s national assembly. Pakistan Muslim League got three, Balochistan National Party and the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party got two seats each, while Pakistan Muslim League (Zia), Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan, Pashtoonkhwa National Awami Party Pakistan (PKMAP), Balochistan Awami Party, the National Party and Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party secured one seat each.
The election body announced the result of 262 out of 266 seats for the National Assembly following the South Asian country held general elections on Feb. 8 to elect a new government for the next five-year term. The ECP also postponed voting for one seat due to the death of a candidate.
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Political Consultations in Lahore
A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) Sunday reached at Jati Umra Lahore to meet Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership, to deliberate on formation of government in Centre, local media reported. According to PML-N social media a meeting took place between PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and MQM-P delegation led by Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddique to discuss future Government. According to details, the MQM-P delegation comprises of Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori, convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal.
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) اور ایم کیوایم کے قائدین کی ملاقات شروع
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) کے قائد محمد نوازشریف اور ایم کیوایم کی قیادت کے درمیان اہم سیاسی بات چیت جاری
ایم کیوایم وفد کی قیادت ڈاکٹر خالد مقبول صدیقی کررہے ہیں
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Leaders from a number of political parties are holding meetings, apparently in a hope of gathering sufficient numbers to form governments in the Centre and the four provinces. A day earlier, Nawaz Sharif, in a public speech, invited all the political parties to sit together and form a government to pull Pakistan out of the crisis.
