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PTI Has Achieved Number To Form Govt in Punjab: Tareen

Islamabad (August 01, 2018): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has claimed on Tuesday that it has the support of a sufficient number of lawmakers to form governments in both the Centre and Punjab.

“We have secured a lot of successes to get the support of independents and other small parties and now in a position to form Punjab government with full confidence,” Jahangir Tareen said while talking to journalists outside Banigala.

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He claimed that the independent member from Bahawalnagar Malik Umer joined PTI in the response of PTI offer his help for new Pakistan.

He congratulated Ajmal Cheema, who elected on Punjab assembly sea as an independent candidate against the PTI, decision, and won the seat, however later he rejoined the party.PTI kingmaker said that 18 independent MPAs have already joined PTI.

Party spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, while addressing the media on Monday evening, claimed that the party had secured the backing of 168 out of the nearly 328-330 lawmakers returned to the National Assembly in the July 25 election (after counting the allocation of reserved seats).Earlier on Monday night, along with Dr Arif Alvi, Imran Ismail and Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Tareen visited MQM headquarters in Bahadurabad and held a meeting on the formation of the government.

Dr Farooq Sattar, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Amir Khan, and Faisal Subzwari of MQM were among others who welcomed the PTI leaders as MQM workers showered rose petals on their guests.

Sources in PTI said MQM has demanded the reopening of eight constituencies in Karachi where they claimed rigging had occurred.

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Apart from this, MQM demanded a ‘Karachi package’ and more powers for the local government.  The issues of the opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly was also discussed, with PTI floating Naqvi’s name and asking MQM to help them play the role of a strong opposition.

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