Shehbaz Sharif is expected to be the next prime minister of Pakistan, since his alliance is expected to surpass the threshold of simple majority

The alliance of prominent political groups headed by Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, is anticipated to easily surpass the simple majority threshold to establish the next government after elections that yielded a divided mandate.

Shehbaz was unexpectedly selected as the prime ministerial candidate by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday night, as opposed to Nawaz Sharif, the party’s leader and three-time former prime minister.

Earlier, Shehbaz convened a consultative meeting at the home of Shujaat Hussain of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) with Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) to decide on the formation of the cabinet.

We’ve come together today to declare to the country that we all accept the divided mandate. He expressed gratitude to Zardari and Bilawal (Bhutto) for their decision to support the PML-N in the party’s election.

Party supremo Nawaz Sharif has nominated the party president and his 72-year-old younger brother Shehbaz Sharif for the position of prime minister, according to PML-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb.

She also said that Maryam Nawaz, the senior vice president of the PML-N, was a candidate for chief minister of Punjab.

“Nawaz Sharif has thanked the political parties which provided support to the PML-N (in forming the upcoming government) and expressed hope that through such decisions Pakistan will come out of crises,” she said.

After the government headed by Imran Khan was overthrown in April 2022, Shehbaz, 72, who served as prime minister at the time, said that the other parties that allied with the PML-N gained “almost 2/3 majority” in Parliament. He said that the nation will be saved from turmoil by the incoming administration.

The total number of general seats won by the six parties—the PML-N, PPP, MQM-P, PML-Q, IPP (Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party) and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), who declared their intention to join a coalition lead by Shehbaz—is 152, according to the complete count of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

This demonstrates unequivocally that, with the inclusion of 60 women and 10 members from underrepresented groups, these parties will easily get the minimum of 169 needed to form the government at the center.

It remains to be seen, however, whether these parties can reach the next magic number of 224, which is needed to secure the elusive two-thirds majority in the National Assembly (NA), which has 336 members.

“Right now, we are fighting the problems facing the nation. The economics presents the first difficulty. It has to be stabilized, which is a difficult process. According to him, a nation advances when its leaders come together, resolve to put an end to disputes, and propel the country ahead to solve issues.

The formidable Pakistan Army is said to support the PML-N.

In response to the most recent political events, the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said that the PML-N would be better off “accepting [its] defeat gracefully” and allowing Imran Khan, the party’s founder, “fix and heal the country.”

The PTI-backed independent candidates secured the majority of seats in Parliament.

Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the chairman of the PTI, said on Tuesday that his party had secured 180 seats nationwide and that the party’s nominee for prime minister will be named by Thursday.

He claimed that they had won all three NA seats in Islamabad and four more seats in Balochistan in an interview with the media after a meeting with the party’s founding chairman and former prime minister Khan in Adiala Jail with other PTI officials.

In his speech, Zardari announced the formation of a coalition government with Shehbaz.

He said, “We have decided to form a coalition government and pull the country out of the economic crisis.” The new administration will also make an effort to mend fences with all parties, including Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

He pledged to steer the nation toward prosperity and deliver it from these problems.