Islamabad (August 09, 2018): After days of negotiations with small parties and independents, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) says it has won the ‘number game’ acquiring 180 seats against required 172 to form government at the Center.
According to PTI leader Fawad Chaudhary, the PTI has reached 180 seats in the National Assembly after Balochistan Awami Party (Mengal) lent its support to the Tehreek-e-Insaf.
بی این پی (مینگل) کی حمائیت کے بعد پاکستان تحریک انصاف اور اتحادیوں کا قومی اسمبلی میں نمبر 180 کو کراس کر گیا ہے، 342 کے ایوان میں حتمی اکثریت کیلئے172 ارکان کی حمائیت درکار تھی
— Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 9, 2018
Earlier on Wednesday, Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) agreed to support Imran Khan in the upcoming election of Prime Minister.
The decision was announced in a PTI-BNP (M) joint press conference in Quetta.
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The Balochistan party pledged its support for Khan in the Centre after inking a six-point deal with PTI leaders who flew to Quetta to meet Sardar Akhtar Mengal and requested his party’s support for Khan’s prime ministership.
“We have signed a landmark agreement with the BNP-M,” PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed.
The issue of missing persons would be addressed on a priority basis, he said, adding that national action plan (NAP) would be implemented.
The document was signed by Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Jahangir Tarin from the PTI and Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Jahangzeb Jamal Dini and Agha Hasan Baloch on behalf of the BNP-M.Speaking on this occasion, Sardar Akhtar Mengal said that he had held a telephonic conversation with Imran Khan in details. “We hope that joint efforts would be made to address the challenges being faced by Balochistan,” he said.
The people of Balochistan had been facing difficulties for the past 70 years, he noted.
Mengal said that BNP-M and PTI had signed a historic agreement. “PTI has agreed to our six points as we wanted to seek reassurance that our issues will be addressed,” he said.
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