- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Former cricket star Imran Khan’s party, which won Pakistan’s July 25 general election, said on Friday (3) it had enough support in the National Assembly to form a government after more than a week of talks with other parties and independent politicians. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), or Pakistan Movement for Justice, did better than expected to scoop up 16.86 million votes, trouncing the party of jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif, which finished second with 12.89 million. But the 116 seats won by Khan’s lawmakers were not enough to give him a majority without coalition partners in the National Assembly, which…
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