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World leaders felicitate Nawaz Sharif
Sunday May 12, 2013 06:55:49 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
Leaders of many countries Sunday felicitated Nawaz Sharif on his
party's victory in the general elections in Pakistan.
Sharif was Sunday poised to return to power after a 14-year
hiatus, as results of the elections started trickling in.
Those who telephoned Sharif included King Abdullah of Saudi
Arabia‚ Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan‚ United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin
Zayed-al Nahyan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Radio Pakistan reported.
The leaders expressed good wishes to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N) chief as well as to the people of Pakistan.
Of 152 seats so far secured by different parties, the Pakistan
Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) bagged 86 seats, 21 went to Imran
Khan's PTI, and 15 to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of
President Asif Ali Zardari.
Among others, nine went to independent candidates, eight to MQM,
four to JuI-F, two to Jamat-e-Islami, two to Pakhtunkhwa Milli
Awami Party and five to others, reported Xinhua.
The National Assembly has a total of 342 seats. Elections were
held to 268 seats. Sixty seats are reserved for women and 10 for
non-Muslims. Elections in four constituencies were countermanded
following the death of a candidate in each.
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