Shehbaz Sharif PM, Zardari President; Government can be formed in Pakistan under this formula

The results of Pakistan general elections have come out and no party has been able to cross the majority mark.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced the final results of the general elections, in which independent candidates supported by the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have won 101 seats, while three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has technically emerged as the largest party in Parliament by winning 75 seats.

Bilawal Zardari Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) got 54 seats, while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), the group of Urdu-speaking people who came from India during partition, got 17 seats. Other small parties won the remaining 12 seats.

Efforts to form government in Pakistan have now intensified. PML-N chief Sharif has entrusted the responsibility of talks with the parties to his younger brother and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has met senior PPP leaders. Shahbaz Sharif has met Bilawal Bhutto. Apart from this, Sharif has also met Asif Ali Zardari. According to sources, Shahbaz Sharif can become the Prime Minister of Pakistan again. Whereas Zardari may get the post of President. Talks are going on between the two parties regarding this formula.

The National Assembly of Pakistan, representatives are elected through direct voting on 266 seats. Of these, elections were held on 265 seats. Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared the results of 264 of these seats. The unusual delay in the announcement of election results had led to ruckus and protests across the country by many parties.

The result of NA-88 seat in Khushab of Punjab province was withheld by ECP due to complaints of fraud and will be declared after redressal of the grievances of the victims. The election on one seat was postponed after the death of a candidate.

To form the government, a party will need the support of 133 members elected through direct voting. Overall, 169 seats out of 336 are required to achieve a simple majority, which also includes seats reserved for women and minorities.

A delegation of MQM-P is in Lahore and held a meeting with Shahbaz. The MQM delegation is being led by Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. Shahbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and other party leaders are also participating in the meeting. A statement issued by Sharif's party said that after an hour-long meeting, they had reached an "in-principle agreement" to work together in the next government.

Referring to the agreement between the two parties on twenty basic points, the statement said, "We will work together in the interest of the country and the people." Earlier, MQM-P leader Haider Rizvi told 'Geo News' in an interview. Said said his party would be more comfortable with the PML-N because unlike the PPP or other parties, "the two parties have not competed in Karachi."