Bilawal Bhutto Reveals Power-Sharing Formula Nawaz Sharif’s Party Offered

Four-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Bhutto-Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) held a meeting on Saturday that made “a lot of progress” while discussing several issues but did not make any announcements on a coalition government. The two parties had formed a post-poll alliance earlier this week.

Independent candidates - a majority backed by 71-year-old jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) - won 93 of the 265 National Assembly seats contested in the February 8 election.

The PML-N won 75 seats, while the PPP came third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has also agreed to support them with their 17 seats.