LAHORE, July 30: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday claimed it has the required number of seats to form a government in centre and Punjab.
According to PTI Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry, the National Assembly is of around 328-330 members, out of which the PTI currently enjoys support of 168 members, including women and minority seats.
In the Punjab Assembly, which comprises 371 members (currently pegged to reach 360 MPAs), the PTI claimed it has 180 seats after the results of July 25 General Election.
Chaudhry further said that in Balochistan the PTI will form a coalition government, adding that the party has a two/third majority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“PTI will nominate CM Punjab and the decision will be taken by Imran Khan,” Fawad shared.
Candidates from our alliances will be made part of the cabinet, he added.
Later in the day, a delegation of PML-Q arrived to meet PTI chief Imran Khan at his Bani Gala residence in the federal capital.
In the meeting, PTI leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Tareen, Asad Umar, Naeem-ul-Haq and others were present. The PTI said that eight PML-Q members gave support to the party in Punjab, bringing the tally to 149 members in the province. According to a PTI press statement, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ensured complete support to Imran Khan.
The PML-Q has also rendered support to the PTI in the National Assembly.
PTI leader Jahangir Tareen has left for Karachi to meet with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leaders to gain its support. The MQM-P is pegged to give support of four of its members to the PTI.
Fawad Chaudhry, earlier talking to a private TV Channel, had said that four more candidates pledged alliance to the party today.
He had said that the party was in contact with other independent candidates in Punjab.-Agencies
