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Four Successful Independents From Punjab Join PTI

Islamabad (July 28, 2018): Four successful independent Punjab Assembly candidates announced on Saturday to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as the party faces tough competition from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to form the government in the province.

PTI and PML-N are locked in a battle to form the next Punjab government after both failed to win an outright majority in the country’s biggest provincial assembly.

In Punjab Assembly, PML-N leads with 127 seats, while PTI is a close second with 123 seats, as per the ECP’s results of total 295 total seats.

Both the parties have been contacting other parties and independent candidates to form the government in Punjab.

PTI succeeded in its mission after four independents join the party, taking the party seats to 127.PML-N swept Punjab to secure a huge mandate, enjoying clear majority as opposed to other political parties, which will enable it to form a government in the province without needing any other party’s support.

The four independent candidates met party chief Imran Khan in Bani Gala and announced their decision of joining PTI.

The candidates who have joined the party include Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi of PP-204 (Khanewal 2), Muhammad Basharat Randhawa of PP 282 (Layyah 3), Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani of PP-284 (Layyah 5) and Hanif Khan Pitafi of PP-289 (Dera Ghazi Khan).

Before the polls, ex-district president PTI Layyah Randhawa had quit the party after being denied tickets for contesting the election.While addressing the media after joining PTI again, he remarked: “My ticket was given to a corrupt man. We stand with Imran Khan’s vision which is fighting a war against corruption.”

Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani shared that the change is here, adding that he will do whatever it takes for the betterment of the country.

Earlier on Friday afternoon, PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz Sharif claimed that his party will form the next government.

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“Despite massive rigging, the party emerged the biggest winner in Punjab. Majority of the 27 independent candidates are standing with us,” Hamza claimed. “We will speak to PPP and PML-Q as well.”

On the other hand, PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said that they have the required numbers to form government in center, adding that the party doesn’t need PPP’s support.

Naeemul Haq also said that they would announce to form government in the next two days.

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The PTI has secured 118 seats in the National Assembly, while Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Awami Muslim League (AML), BNP and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) likely to support PTI after which it would get support of more than 140 members.

According to the data shared by the election commission of Pakistan, PML-N has taken 63 seats in NA, PPP 43, independents candidates 14, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 11, MQM 6, Pakistan Muslim League-Q 5 and two each by Balochistan National Party and the Grand Democratic Alliance.

On Wednesday, millions of Pakistanis voted to elect a new government and prime minister in a peaceful election held in free, fair and transparent manner.

Around 800,000 police and military forces were stationed at more than 85,000 polling stations across the country as the voting took place.Wednesday’s election was only the second democratic transition of power in Pakistan s 70-year coup-studded history.

Pakistan is a country of approximately 207 million people, out of which the number of registered voters are about 106 million. The voting for the Pakistan election, which took place between 8:00 am local time (8:30 am IST) and 6:00 pm (6:30 pm IST), saw more than 3,000 candidates contesting for 272 general seats of the National Assembly, while some 8,000 candidates ran for 577 general seats of the four provincial assemblies – Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan.

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