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Nawaz Sharif's PML-N all set to form govt. in Pakistan

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ANI Lahore
Last Updated : May 17 2013 | 2:00 PM IST

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is all set to form government in Islamabad as it has acquired majority in the National Assembly after as many as 17 independent winners of NA seats joined the Nawaz Sharif-led party.

The News quoted sources as saying that a party meeting would be convened during the next two days to discuss formation of cabinet.

Nawaz's brother Shahbaz Sharif met Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and invited him to join the government in Islamabad. However, Fazl sought time to seek consent of his party's central committee.

The sources said that Fazl failed in convincing Sharif to form coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) emerged as the largest party in May 11 polls.

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First Published: May 17 2013 | 1:28 PM IST

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